Roman empires; evil women

The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire provides a complete secular biographical dictionary of the period AD 527 (the beginning of the reign of Justinian) to 641 (the death of Heraclius). The information has been gathered from a wide variety of sources Paid Surveys in Latin, Greek, Arabic, Syriac and other languages. The project makes available for the first time in one work mass of information relating to the personnel of the Roman Empire and the western kingdoms that were its heirs, and of other nations with which Rome had dealings.google preview

Sex & Sexuality in Ancient Rome 

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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.