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Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic
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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,...
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Showcases current research on the political and economic significance of elite women during the Roman Republic, challenging the current consensus which marginalises them and underplays their significance. Essential reading for students and scholars of Roman history, and anyone interested in the role of women in the ancient world.
Elite women controlled substantial property in the Roman Republic and were thus empowered to participate in politics and public life.
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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.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781009691802
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 19 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises
Contributors:
- Edited by Catherine Steel
- Edited by Lewis Webb
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Weight: 771g
Pages: 410
About the Author
Catherine Steel is Professor of Classics at the University of Glasgow. She has published widely on the political history of the Roman Republic and was Principal Investigator on the European Research Council-funded Starting Grant The Fragments of Republican Roman Orators (2012–2017). She is currently completing a monograph on the Roman Senate during the Republican period, supported by a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a member of the Academia Europaea. Lewis Webb is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Gothenburg. He has published widely on women and politics in the Roman Republic. He is completing an edited volume on Women and Roman Historiography and a monograph on Senatorial Women in the Middle Republic. In 2025, he was appointed a Pro Futura Scientia XIX Fellow at the Swedish Collegium of Advanced Studies.
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