{"product_id":"women-of-ancient-rome-to-survive-under-the-patriarchy-hardcover","title":"Women of Ancient Rome: To Survive Under the Patriarchy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynda Telford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe women of Ancient Rome, were obliged to maintain the \"Mos maiorum,\" the established order of things. Romulus himself was believed to have devised the almost indissoluble marriage rite, the \"Confarreatio,\" which put a wife under the absolute power of her husband. She could not divorce him, but he could divorce her.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e According to legend, Rome was a settlement of warlike young men, from Alba, an area in the Alban Hills just southeast of Rome. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When they settled there, they inaugurated the earliest of Rome's traditions, including the relationship between men and women. Any woman who lapsed from the required level of \"spectacular\" virtue was fiercely punished, and the failings of women would often be the center of Rome's legends, such as the battle between the Horatii in Rome and the Curiattii in Alba in the seventh century BC. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen of Ancient Rome\u003c\/i\u003e describes how early austerities gradually eased, yet retained the authority of the Paterfamilias in family life, also how the differing classes reacted to each other, exploring religion and \"outsiders\" such as soldiers' wives, slaves, prostitutes and how the poor coped with a world giving them few personal choices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With chapters on family and the importance of stoicism over affection, marriage and motherhood, priestesses, slaves and prostitutes, old age and death, Lynda Telford analyzes the struggle for survival of women from all classes under one of the oldest codified patriarchal systems devised.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynda Telford \u003c\/b\u003ewrites historical articles and is Events and Projects Officer for the Yorkshire Branch of the Richard III society. She is a keen amateur archaeologist and the author of five books, including \u003ci\u003eWomen of Medieval England\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen of the Vatican\u003c\/i\u003e for Amberley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772480618784,"sku":"9781398106994","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0ca6f1001ff1bf9db6461ff9bd8c8c19.webp?v=1780406666","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/women-of-ancient-rome-to-survive-under-the-patriarchy-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}