Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009691802)

In the Roman Republic, elite women were legally permitted to control substantial assets - and many demonstrably were in direct control of their wealth. They were also the mothers, wives and daughters of the politicians who built Rome's empire and, in a time of high mortality, could find themselves running households that did not contain adult men. This volume explores the political and social consequences of elite female wealth. It combines case studies of individual women, such as Licinia, wife of C. Gracchus, Mucia Tertia, Fulvia and Octavia Minor, with broader surveys of the institutional frameworks and social conventions that constrained and enabled women's wealth and its consequences. The book contributes to the recent upsurge of interest in re-evaluating the role of women in Republican Rome and will be invaluable for scholars and students alike.

Author: Catherine Steel
ISBN-10: 1009691805
ISBN-13: 9781009691802
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2026
Pages: 410
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d