Sex & Sexuality in Ancient Rome
« Outre monde
3 days ago by Neel Burton
In Rome, a woman had no legal identity
other than as a man's daughter or wife,
entirely subjected first to her father and then
to her husband, who was entitled to beat her
if he felt that she had overstepped her mark.
Although women from ...There were, of course,
a few exceptional women, and many if not most
womenexerted an important influence
over their husbands, sons, and brothers—
even when, as with Agrippina the Younger,
these happened to be emperors.
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