The freedwoman in the Roman world : the evidence of the Latin inscriptions
This thesis offers the first full-scale analysis of the epigraphic evidence for Roman freedwomen, i.e. an analysis of all Latin inscriptions mentioning libertae in the Roman Empire â almost 10,000 texts â from the city of Rome, Italy and the provinces. The aim of this project is to present a fuller image of the lives of these women, based on the evidence left behind by themselves and those in close contact with them, to put a check on their portrayal in the ancient literary sources, which has strongly influenced the modern understanding of libertae. The inscriptions have been drawn from the standard corpora and databases (esp. CIL and AE), and assembled in a searchable FileMaker Pro database. The study of the data has been conducted in two parts, the first focussing on the role of freedwomen in the familia, and the second on the role achieved by libertae in their communities and the wider Roman society, including also analysis of the identity of freedwomenâs partners, the marital terms used in inscriptions to describe married freedwomen, the legal status of freedwomanâs children, the womenâs (and their relativesâ) involvement in professions as well as cultic activities. The method employed in the
Sandon, Tatjana
libertae ; Roman women ; Roman slavery
The freedwoman in the Roman world : the evidence of the Latin inscriptions. This thesis offers the first full-scale analysis of the epigraphic evidence for Roman freedwomen, i.e. an analysis of all Latin inscriptions mentioning libertae in the Roman Empire â almost 10,000 texts â from the city of Rome, Italy and the provinces. The aim of this project is to present a fuller image of the lives of these women, based on the evidence left behind by themselves and those in close contact with them, to put a check on their portrayal in the ancient literary sources, which has strongly influenced the modern understanding of libertae. The inscriptions have been drawn from the standard corpora and databases (esp. CIL and AE), and assembled in a searchable FileMaker Pro database. The study of the data has been conducted in two parts, the first focussing on the role of freedwomen in the familia, and the second on the role achieved by libertae in their communities and the wider Roman society, including also analysis of the identity of freedwomenâs partners, the marital terms used in inscriptions to describe married freedwomen, the legal status of freedwomanâs children, the womenâs (and their relativesâ) involvement in professions as well as cultic activities. The method employed in the
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