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978-0-521-81839-1 - Roman women - by Eve D'Ambra
Index



INDEX

Abortion, 84

Accounts, 95, 96

Actium, 148

Actors, 48, 162

   Ummidia Quadratilla's troupe of mime actors, 134

Actresses, 49, 53, 55, 56, 115

Admirers, 55

Adolescence, 61, 66, 69

   Beauty, 178

   Escapades, 77

   Girls, 12, 16, 46

Adornment, 6, 90, 124

   Males, implications of, 122

Adultery, 34, 47, 48, 49–50, 85, 162, 172

Adventus, 168

Advisors, 18

Aeneas, 9, 155

Aeneid, 155

Affection, 77

Age differences, 76

Agrarian origins, 95

Agrippa, 151

Agrippina the younger, 158–161

   As co-ruler, 159

   As patron to Cologne, 160

   Augusta, 159

   Awareness of legacy of family, 158

   Education and literary background, 158

   Financial matters, 160

   Interest in foreign affairs, 160

   Memoir of, 158

   Murder, 160

   Physical attractiveness, 158

   Portraits, 161

Agrippina the elder, 156–158, 160

   Heroism of, 157

   Urn of Agrippina’s ashes 157

Agrippinas, 77, 143, 156, 164, 165

Aldobrandini Wedding Painting, 75

Alexandria, 79

Aline, 80

Allegorical figures, 111

Alliances, 37, 56, 164

   Political, 72, 77

Altar, 69

Altar of Cominia Tyche, 79

Altar of Julia Secunda and Cornelia Tyche, 89

Altar of Minucia Suavis, 69–70

Alumnae, 64

Amazons, 14, 15

Ambassadors, 10

Ambition, overarching, 143

Ametrion, 88

Amoral creatures, 6

Amphitheater, 53

Amphorae, 100

Ancestors, 32, 128

Andromache, 120, 121

Animals, 12

   Sacrifice of, 167, 170

     Portents of the future, 167

Antoninus Pius, 20, 36, 62, 165

Antony, Mark, 146–148

Aphrodisias, Turkey, 18, 19

Aphrodite, 125

Apollonios, 79, 80

Appearances, 112

Appius Claudius, 26

Apprentices, 107, 137

Apuleius, 118

Ara Pacis, 34, 35, 37, 39, 151, 156

Arch of the Sergii, 37

Arch of Trajan at Benevento, 39

Aristocratic, 94

   Family, 46, 59, 63, 77

   Lineages, 149

   Married women, 10

   Women, 49

Army, 8, 36, 40, 42

   Women who traveled with, 131–132

Artisans, 22, 24, 84

Artistry, 112–113

Athena, 14

Atrium, 61, 62, 95, 96, 97, 100

Attack, 88

Attire, sumptuous, 57

Augustales, 27, 148

Augustus, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 60, 94, 146, 147, 148, 156

   Augustan peace, 36

   Court of, 149

   Death of, 34, 151, 154

   Funeral pyre, 154

   His heirs, 142, 149

   Poets, 177

Aurelia Philematium, 82

Aurelius, Marcus, 36, 165

Authority, 13, 14

Auxiliaries, 40

Babies, 36, 39, 41, 64, 66, 72–73, 96

   Delivery of, 107

   Feeding of, 107

Babysitters, 109

Bakeries, 101

Banquets, 54, 55, 56, 129

Barbarians, 106, 161

Bathhouse, village, 88, 128

Bathing, 110

Baths, 100, 109, 110, 112–113, 130

Battles, women in 161

Beards, 122

Beauty, 176

   Female, 112–113

   Fumigation, 115

   Ideology of, 115

   Regimen, 48, 112

Bedrooms, 48

Behavior

   Norms of, 142

   Wayward, 49

Benefactor, 22

Bequests, 128

Biographical narrative, 109

Birth rate, 52

Birthdays, 71

   Invitation, 130

   Parties, 129

Board games, 134

Bohemian set, 55

Boudicca, 161

Boys, 16, 177

Bride, 46, 59, 60, 64, 66, 168, 176

   Bridal coiffure, 74

   Bridal costume, 74

   Bridal finery, 127

   Bridal trousseau, 117, 125

Britain, 161

Britons, 160

Bronze mask from Serre di Rapolano, 41

Bureaucracy, 34, 40

Business, 83, 94

   Assistants in, 140

   Small, 137

   Transactions, 140

Bust, 81, 121

   Portrait, 51, 89

Butcher, 82, 136

Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, Q., 47

Caligula, 36, 157, 159

Calpurnia, 63, 64, 77

Cameo, 155, 159

Cancelleria Reliefs, 15

   Frieze B, 168

Cappadocia, Turkey, 81

Careers in professions, 24

Carousing, 53, 55

Carpentum, 32–33, 152, 157

Carriage, 62, 145

Carthage, 122

Carvilius Ruga, Sp., 47

Cash transfers, 88

Cassius Dio, 161

Cato, 32

Catullus, 53, 54, 55

Cavalry, 41

Censor, 47

Ceres, 76

Cerinthus, 71

Character, 79

Charitable system, 38

Chastity, 31, 59, 74, 83, 172, 173

Childbirth, 34, 86, 167, 176, 177

Childcare, 107

Childhood, 46, 59, 69, 107

   Diseases of, 84

Childlessness, 52

Childminders, 107

Children, 9, 16, 26, 27, 38, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 49, 52, 64, 84, 95, 99, 167

   Birth of

   Death of, 109, 110

   Education of, 145

   Elite Roman, 107

   Newborns, 88

   Playing and riding in carts, 111

   Raising of, 106

   Seven-month child, 86

   Swaddled, 108

Chlamys, 170

Cicero, 55, 56, 72–73, 101, 144, 145, 146

   Decapitated head of, 148

Circus Maximus in Rome, 172

Cities, early Italian, 58

Citizenship, 3, 9, 10, 22, 24, 38, 47, 51, 132, 164, 165

Citizen-soldiers, 52

City, 71

   Endowments and building projects, 171

   Improvements, 171

Civic magistrate, 22

Civil war, 34, 55, 146, 147

Claudia Severa, 129, 130

Claudius, 36, 48, 154, 159

   Death of, 160

Clay Lamp, 7

Cleopatra VII, 148

Clients, 22

Clodia, 18, 54, 55

Clodius, 146

Clothing, 3–4, 79, 99, 112–113, 126

   Coan silk, 4

Cohabitation, 59

Coins and Coinage, 164, 165

   Bronze sestertius, 167

   Reverse

     Goddess, 164

     Personifications, 164, 165, 166

      Of Felicitas, 169

   Type, 166

Cologne, 108, 160

Column of Trajan, Rome, 42, 43

Combs, 74

   Ivory, 120

Commemoration, 80, 83, 84

Companionship, 77

Confarreatio, 74

Conquest, 10

Constantine, 34, 147

   Mother of, 146

Consuls, 30

Contraception, 84

Contracts, written, 74

Contubernia, 72

Conubium, 46

Coriolanus, M., 30

Cornelia, 64, 143–146

   Bronze statue of, 146

   Children, 144–145

   Correspondence, 145

   Cosmopolitan upbringing, 145

   Daughter of Scipio Africanus, 143

   Early widowhood of, 144

   Education, 145

   Eloquence of, 145

   Marriage of, 144

   Model for matrons, 146

   Mother of the Gracchi, 143

   Traditional matron, 145

   Wealth of, 144

   Wife of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, 143

Cornelia Tyche, 91

Correspondence, 96

Corruption, 48

   Of youth, 98

Cosmetics, 7, 48, 112–113, 114, 115

   As a fraud, 115

   Chatelaines, 116, 117

   Compacts, 6, 8, 117

     Amber, 6

     Shell, 6, 7

   Containers, 7

   Eye shadow, 115

   Face cream, 115

   Foundation, 115

   Medicinal purposes, 114

   Recipes for, 112–113

     Animal fats, 119

     Lead sulphide, 114

     Lizard, 114

   Rouge, 115

Costumes, 5, 112–113

Couch, 80

Courtesans, 53, 54

Courtyard, 130

Crassus, 55

Crepereia Tryphaena, 61

Crescent-shaped drops, 91

Crescent-shaped pendant, 124

Creusa, 9

Croatia, Coast of, 37

Cultivation, 111, 124

   of the mind, 122

Cults, 17, 142

   Administration of, 17

   Elite personnel, 167

   Foundation stories, 180

   Imperial, 154

   Of neighborhoods, 170

   Of the state, 167

     Of Venus, 172

     Of Venus Obsequens, 172, 173

      Temple of, 172

     Of Venus Verticordia, 173, 176

      Rites, 180

   Statues, bathing and adorning of, 175

   Women’s cults, 166

Culture, cosmopolitan, 133

Cultus, 111

Cup, tin, 101

Cupid, 174, 177

Curators, 94

Curio, 146

Curling irons, 119

Cybele, 155

Cymbals, 174

Cytheris, 56

Dacia, 38, 40, 42, 43

Dancers, 57, 174

Daughters, 49, 88

   Adult, 80

   Aristocratic, 71

Death, 13, 49, 66, 68

   Of a maiden, 66

   Premature, 60, 65

   Statistics of, 84

Deceit, 121

Deductio in domum mariti, 75

Demeanor, 62

Demimonde, 54, 176

Demo, 91

Dependence, 49, 83

   Economic dependence, 65

Deportment, 172

Devotion, 63, 79

Dextrarum iunctio, 71

Diana, 89, 153, 176, 178, 179

   As a hunting goddess, 177

   As a healer, 178

   Diana Nemorensis, 177, 178

   Resistance to gender and mature sexuality, 178

Dignity, 62

Discipline, 43

Distaffs, 75

Diva, 154–155, 156

Divus Augustus, 154

Divorce, 2, 13, 46, 47, 49, 50

Doctors, 95

Dolabella, 72

Dole, 22

Dolls, 61–62, 73

   Rag dolls, 61

Domestic economy, 39

Domestic staff, 137

Domestic work, 94, 106

Domesticity, 60, 95, 166, 180

Domitia, 162

Domitian, 15, 36, 51, 162

   Affair with Julia, 162

   As a seducer, 162

Domus, 62

Doorways, 60

Dowager, 180

Dowry, 47, 74, 124

Dress, 32

Dressers, 94

Drinking, 55

   Drinking party, 58

Drusus, 149

Dynasty, 36, 156, 164

Eagle, 156

Eastern, 58

Education, 59, 88

   Literary education, 62

Egypt, 79

   Cults,

     Of Isis, 125

   Old Kingdom Egypt, 125

Elegies, 53

Elite, 34, 38, 51, 56, 59, 65, 72, 74

   Families, 49

   Girls, 46, 62, 158

   Men, 49, 94, 126, 169

   Romans, 77

   Women, 85, 145, 146

   Youth, 145

Emotions, 8, 65–69, 80, 82

Emperor, 34, 36, 38

Empire, 28, 34, 36, 40, 47

   Spectacle of, 160

Empowerment, 112–113

Encaustic, 116

Enemies, 41

Enslavement, 53

Entertainers, 57, 94

Entertaining, among women, 129

Entertainment, 55, 171

Ephesus, 104, 106

   Terrace Houses, 104

Epitaph, 8–9, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 77, 89, 137

Equestrian order, 16, 37, 52, 121

Equestrians, 52, 53, 72, 148

Eroticism, 68

   Attraction and seduction, 172

Erotion, 66, 68

Estates, 23, 49, 52

   Management of, 79

Ethnic origins, 107

Etruscans, 28, 57, 58

   Art, 57

   Captors, 18

   Princesses, 58

   Rulers, 58

Eutychis, 88

Everyday ware, 101

Exercise, light, 86

Exile, 34, 41, 50, 53

Exploitation, 65

Extravagance, 112

Fabrics, 7

Familia, 49

Families, 26, 42, 43, 49

Family business, 137

Family councils, 49, 50

Family portrait gallery, 21

Farmers

   Daughters of, 72

   Tenant farmers, 107

Fat, 76

Fate

   Personifications of, 111

Fathers, 38, 39, 49, 51, 80, 88, 109

   Absence of, 111

Faustina, 20, 62, 90, 166

   Younger Faustina, 165, 167

     Title of Augusta, 165

     Title of Mater Castrorum, 165

Favorinus of Arles, 107

Fayum, Egypt, 79, 150

Female body, 39

   Fertile, 36

   Repulsion of, 115

Feminine arts, 7, 20

Femininity, 36

Fertility, 12, 74, 84

   Tokens, 125

Festivals/processions, 171

Fidelity, 83

Finery, 112

Fire, 76

Flavians, 36, 162

   Extramarital affairs, 162

   Illicit sexual activity, 162

   Portraiture

     Coins, 162

     Marble, 162

Flowers, 175

   Myrtle boughs, 176

   Myrtle wreaths, 176

Foodstuffs, 79, 95

Footwear

   Leather sandal, 131, 132

   Maker’s name, 132

Forbearance, 68

Foreigners, 11, 41

Forts, 129

Fortuna, 89, 95

Fortuna Virilis, 176

Fortune, 48

Forum, 33, 53

   Of Trajan, 42

Foster-children, 64, 68

Foster-daughter, 64

Fountain of Herodes Atticus, 21

France, southern, 172

Freckles, 114

Freeborn girls, 107

Freeborn women, 52

Freedmen, 22, 24–28, 52, 72, 82, 148, 179

Freedom, 48, 78

Freedwomen, 51, 106, 107, 112–113, 137, 168

Frontier zones, 40

Frontiers, 94

   Northern, 165

Fulvia, 146

   Cross-dressing, 148

   Domination of husband as magistrate, 147

   Reputation of bloodthirsty female general, 148

Fundanus, 68

Funerals

   Funerary altar, 29, 69, 89

   Funerary altar of Aelia Procula, 179

   Funerary altar of Julia Victorina, 67

   Funerary epitaphs, 8–9

   Funerary monuments, 66, 109

   Funerary regalia, 127

   Funerary relief, 26, 84, 113, 122, 171

     From Palmyra, 127

   Funerary Relief of a Priestess and Military Commander, 171

   Funerary Relief of Flavia Augustina at York, 132

   Funerary Relief of Lucius Aurelius Hermia and his wife, Aurelia Philematium, 83

   Funerary stele, 86

   Funerary Stele of the Wetnurse, 108

   Imperial funerals, 156

Furniture, 96, 100, 101, 104

   Armchairs and footstools, 136

Gaia, 75

Galen, 12, 23

Games, 57

Gardeners, 94

Garments, 19, 32, 36

Gate of Plancia Magna, 23

Gauls, 31

Gellius, 47

Gemma Claudia,

Gemstone, 155

Gender, 95

Gentility, 64

Germanicus, 52, 156

Germany, 165

Gestures, 62, 82, 139

Gifts, 54

Gilding, 174

Girls, 61, 62, 64, 66, 73, 176, 179

   Chaperoned, 71

   Died before her time, 61, 178

   In transition, 68

   Working, 133

Gladiators, 48, 49, 50

Glory

   Female, 112

Goddess, 36, 89

   City goddesses, 38, 39

Gods, 32

   Household gods (Lares), 170

   Variety of, 166

Gold, 32, 98

Gold jewelry, 33, 116, 174

Governesses, 106

Governor, 72

   Of provinces

     Wives of, 133–134

   Official visits of, 134

Grand dames, 55

Grandchild, 73

Graves, 125

Great Britain, 165

Greece, 3, 14, 15, 21, 29, 37, 57, 58, 83, 106, 122

   Cities, 21

   Cults of Artemis, 177

   Greek art, 15

   Greek east, 37

   Greek language, 23, 125, 145

   Greek names, 14

   Heritage, 104

   Inscriptions, 108, 167

   Literature, 107

   Literary forms, 53

   Women of, 3

Grief, 64, 73

Gridiron, 100

Grocer (Greengrocer), 138, 139

   Hawking wares, 140

Grooming, 112, 163

Guardians, 13, 52, 71, 72, 150, 168

Gulf of Leon, 91

Hadrian, 21, 36, 164

   Hadrian's Wall, 129

Hair, 5, 16, 20, 25, 61, 89, 118, 177

   Coiffures, 119, 172, 173

   Crests, 121

   Crowns, 121, 165

   Dyeing of, 119

   False braid of ponytail, 119

   Hairdressers, 119

   Hairnet, 73

   Hairpieces, 119

   Headgear, 121

   Lock of, 16

   Pins, 122

     Jet pins, 119

   Sensuous, 121

   Styles, 5, 20, 25, 90

     Boyish styles, 67

   Tiaras, 121

   Tiers, 121

   Turbans, 117, 121

     Folded, 128

Hands, right, 75

Hauteur, 110

Head coverings, 5

Head of Auburn Hair, 119

Heads wrapped, 42

Healing, 178

Hearth, 100

Heirlooms, 128

   Emotional appeal of, 128

Heirs, 8–9, 36, 47, 49, 164

Helle, 117

Hellenic culture, 21

Hellenic traditions, 135

Hellenic world, 156

Hellenism, 122

Hellespont, 117

Helmet, 41

Herculaneum, 103

Hermione Grammatike, 62, 135

Herodes Atticus, 20, 21

Hetairai, 56

Hippalos, 88

Holidays, 180

Home consumption, 47

Home industry, 115

Homosexual coupling, 49

Honey, 68

Honor, 51, 58

Honors and titles, 18, 38

Horace, 114

Hostessing, 129, 134

House

   Crowded, 95

   Of a commanding officer, 130

   Pompeian, 100

   Upper floors, 96

House of the Casti Amanti, 56

House of the Menander, 97

Household, 12, 49, 62, 94–95, 101, 132

   Affairs, 62

   Economy, 88

   Elite, 110

   Imperial, 94, 101

   Management of, 59, 77, 95, 145

   Slaves, 83

   Staff of, 94, 96, 97, 130

Housekeeper, 95

Housestead fort, 130, 131

Housewives, 59

Husbands, 9, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 62, 69, 73

   Selection of, 71

   Poisoning of, 114

Ideal, 60

Ideological cultural apparatus, 6

Ideological tools, 112–113

Immorality, 48, 53

Imperatrix, 158

Imperial

   Ceremony, 154–155, 156

   Court, 179

   Court artists, 151

   family, 34, 35, 36

     As a model,

   Freedmen,

   Household, 101

   Ideology, 166

   Pageantry, 155

   Purse, 160

   Women, 142, 164

     As political pawns, 164–66

     Charges of sexual misdeeds, 164

     Of the second century, 164

     Religious affairs, 166

     Scandals, 164

Incense, 176

Incest, 162

Incompetence, 12

Industry, 59

Infamis, 49

Infants (see Babies), 66

   abandoned, 64

Inscriptions, 64, 67, 70, 79, 84, 118, 171

   Greek, 127

   Latin, 137

Insulae, 102, 103

Intellectual pretensions, 48

Intellectuals, 53, 144

Intelligence, 64, 124

Intermediaries, 30, 46

Invective, 13, 48

Isis, 175

Istanbul, 34

Italic civilizations, 58

Ivory

   Carvings, 106

   Relief, 105

Jewelry, 7, 48, 91, 112–113, 124, 175

   Earrings with pendant balls, 127

   Emeralds, 48

   Found in tombs, 124

   Necklace, 124

   Pearls, 48

     Eastern, 68

Jeweler, 94

Jewish revolt, 79

Julia Augusta, 154

Julia, daughter of Augustus, 34, 53, 60, 85, 148, 156

Julia Domna, 129

Julia Secunda, 91

Julia Titi, 162–164

Julia Victorina

   Altar of, 66

Julian laws, 50, 51, 52

Julio-Claudian dynasty, 36, 156, 164

   Portrait sculpture, 161, 167

Julius Caesar, 30, 34, 146, 149, 156

Julius Secundus, 90

Jurists, 128

Juvenal, 8, 48, 50, 112–113, 120

Keys, 47, 95

Kings, 168, 177

Kinship, 166

Kisses, 54

Kitchen, 94, 100, 130

   Roman, 99

Kitchenware, 50

Kline, 81

Kline monument, 83

Kline sculpture, 81, 90

La Marsa, 122

Labor, 59, 94

   Division of, 136

Laborers, 22

Lake Nemi, 176

Land, granting of, 132

Latin, 21, 23, 40

Laudatio Turiae, 8

Lavatories, 64

Law, 22, 34, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 62

   Courts of, 53, 78

   Common, 72

   Julian, 50, 51, 52

   Status quo, 180

   Sumptuary laws of the second century B.C.E., 144

Learning, 48, 135

   Practical application of, 136

Legacies, 128

Legal capacity to marry, 2

Legal identity, 22

Legal jurisdiction, 46

Legionaries, 40

Leiden, 103

Leisure, 57, 77, 86

Lesbians, 14

Letters, 77, 78, 130

Lex Oppia, 32

Liberal arts, 111

Libraries, Latin and Greek, 42

Licinia Flavilla, 171

Lineage, 128

Literacy, 59, 96

Literary persona, 72

Literature, 63, 64

Livia, 34, 36, 53, 60, 77, 94, 101, 143, 148–156, 158

   As a patron, 152, 153

   As a sponsor, 152

   Building projects, 152

   Deification of, 152

   Diva Augusta, 154

   Hairstyle, 163

   Marriage to Octavian in, 28 B.C.E., 149

   Religious roles, 152

     Priesthoods, 152

   Statues of, 150

   Widowhood, 154

     Grief, 154

Livy, 10, 28, 32, 58, 112

Local elites, 17

   Governing, 37

London, 115, 161

Looms, 73, 97, 99

Love, 63

Love affairs, 53, 71

Lover, 50, 54, 55

   Locked out, 78

Lower social orders, 8, 59, 69, 77, 102, 106, 137

Lucretia, 58, 59

Lucretius, 115

Lunar crescent fertility symbol, 125, 127

Lutatia Lupata, 64–65

Lutatia Severa, 59, 64

Lute, 64, 65

Luxury, 4, 7, 23, 59, 64, 94, 111, 114

Luxury services, 95

Lyre, 63

Magic, 114

Magistrates, 27, 33, 80, 171

   Magistrates’ parade, 33

Maidens, 176

Maids, 94

Makeover

   Transformative powers of, 112–113

Make-up (see Cosmetics)

Male

   Body of, 112

   World of adventure, 179

Management, 88

Mantle, 62

Manufacturing, 94

Manus, 46

Markets (taverns), 132, 140

   Market women, 49

   Scenes of, 140

Marriage, 2, 9–12, 13, 26, 34, 36, 40, 43, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 59, 66, 71, 73, 146, 176, 177, 178

   Bed, 176

   Couples, 57

   Died unmarried, 66

   First in Rome, 2, 48

   Laws, 52, 152

   Laws, Augustan, 26, 162

Married couples, 76

Married women, 53

Martial, 14, 47, 66, 68, 112–113

Masculinity, 13, 14, 15, 16, 54

   Traits, 13

Masks, Amazon, 41

Masseuses, 94

Mater patriae, 154

Maternal sentiment, 65

Matriarch, 152

Matriarchal society, 57

Matrona, 49

Matrona docta, 48, 136

Matronae, 46

Matronae Doctae (learned women), 135

Matrons, 13, 33, 36, 54, 56, 58, 59, 62, 72, 84, 95, 102, 112–113, 168, 176, 177

   Affluent, 107

   Aristocratic,

   As poisoners, 142

   As schemers, 142

   As ungovernable, 142

   At the toilette, 113

   Powerful, 143

   Virtue of, 173

   Wealthy and idle, 107

Meals, 57

Medicine

   Authorities, 12

   Herbal remedies, 114

Memory, 128

Men, 49, 170, 177

Mentally ill, 178

Menu, 101

Merchants

   Local, 132

   Itinerant, 130

Meretrix Augusta, 48

Mérida, Spain, 65

Messalina, 48

Middle-aged women, 13

Midwives, 86

   Touch of, 86

Mildenhall Treasure, 100

Military, 30, 32, 41, 80, 84, 94, 105

   Action, 106, 172

   Adventure, 179

   Campaigns in Germany, 156

   Camps on the frontier, 129

   Commanders, 94

   Conquests of foreign people, 161

   Culture, 133

   Defeat, 32

   Gear, 122

   Glory, 179

   Legions, 172

   Tribune, 171

   Triumph, 112, 172

   Veterans, 85

Mincia Marcella Fundani f (ilia), 68, 69, 125

Minucia Suavis

   Altar of, 69

Mirror, silver, 117, 118

Miscarriage, 85

Misogyny, 47

Mistresses, 55, 56

Models, 143

Modesty, 3, 19, 32, 62, 68, 77, 83, 121, 176

Mola salsa, 170

Money, 34

Monkeys, 139

Monument, 73

   State, 106

Morality, 2, 8, 18, 30, 32, 34, 53, 54, 107, 162

   Moral authority, 30, 43

   Moral code, 34, 112

   Moral inspiration, 18

   Moralists, 49, 59

   Moralizing texts, 8

   Legislation, 53

   Reform of, 51, 146, 152

   Rehabilitation, 172

   Traditional moral values, 172

Mortality, 80

Mother, 62, 88, 90, 176

Mother-in-law, 76

Motherhood, 31, 36, 38, 39, 46, 83, 106, 164

Movement, 57

Mummy, 16, 17, 116

   Portraits, 91, 115, 126, 127, 135

   Painted, Egyptian, 126

   Remains, 91

Mummy of Hermione Grammatike, 136

   Colored glass in imitation of gemstones, 126

   Gold Wreaths, 127

Mummy portrait of Demo’s daughter in Egypt, 125

Muse, 111

Music, 64, 174

Musonius Rufus, 77

Mythology, 7, 117

   Classical, 100

   Conflicts of, 41

   Figures, 136

   Founding myths, 52, 76, 142, 155

   Of Phrixus and Helle, 118

   Portrait, 177, 178–79

   Subjects, 109

Naevoleia Tyche, 27

Naming, 88

Nannies, 106

Naples, 73, 98, 103, 173

Negotium, 78

Nemi, 177, 178

Nero, 36, 159, 160, 161, 162

   Ascension in 54 C.E., 160

   Claudius, adoption by, 159

   Suicide, 162

   Tutor of, 160

Nimes, France, 171

Nobility, 32

Notebooks, 96

Nurseries, 96

   Staff of, 107

Nurses, 106

   Wetnurses, 107, 109

     Greek, 107

Nursing, 107, 109

Nutrix, 108

Occupations, 62, 64

Octavia, 60, 148, 150

Octavian, 30, 147, 148

   Marriage to Livia, 149

Offerings, 142, 177, 179

Office, 34, 62

Officers, 80

   Commanding, 130

     Family of, 130

   Serving abroad, 156

   Wives of, 133

Offspring, 47, 49, 107

Older women, 14

Olympia, 20, 21

Oratorical skills, 62

Ostia, 102

Outposts, 144

Oven, 100

Ovid, 7, 10, 55, 112–113, 114, 118, 177

Paedogogi, 109

Pageantry, 31

Painting, erotic, 98

Painting from House of the Banker Caecilius Iucundus, 98

Painting of a Woman’s Toilette, 5

Palmyrene relief, 108, 127

Panel, Painted, 17

Papyrus, 130

   scrolls, 79

   Egyptian, 88

Parthian, 55

Parties, dinner, 55

Partners, 77

Passion, 54

Paterfamilias, 49, 95

Paterfamilias patriae, 51

Patria potestas, 49

Patriarchy, 6

Patrons, 18, 22, 149

Perfection, 176

Perfume jars, 7, 117

Perge, 21

Personification, 14, 35

   Of fortune, 153

Pets, 68

Petronius, 27, 95

Philematium, 82

Philosophers, 77

Philosophy, 135

Physical longing, 78

Physicians, 86

Pimping, 50

Plancia Magna, 18, 21, 171

Plancina, 153–154

   Treason trial of, 154

Plate, silver, 100

Plautus, 48

Playmates, 62

Pliny, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 77, 78, 85, 114

   Elder, 112–113

Plotina, 21, 164

Plutarch, 144, 145, 147

Poetry, 135

   Love, 51, 53, 71, 78

Poets, 66

   Love lives of, 53

   Mistresses of, 54

Poisons, 84

Polisher, 94

Political gear, 122

Political office, 112

Political order, 59

Politics, 94

   Duties, 150

   Power politics, 106

   Women’s roles in, 142

   Skill, 143

     Dependence on the status of fathers/husbands, 142

Pompeii, 28, 56, 61, 96, 97, 98, 103, 175

   Houses, 100, 104

Pomponia, 101

Populares, progressive party, 146

Portent, 144

Portraiture, 67, 90

   Busts, 81, 121

   Honorary type, 18

   On coins or in marble, 166, 167

   Painted, 136

Portrait from Antinoopolis, 116

Portrait of Demo and little girl, 90

Portrait of Julia Titi, 163

Portrait of Livia, 150

Portrait of Lutatia Lupata, 70

Portrait statue of Livia as Fortuna, 153

Potion, 176

Potter, 24

Poultry, 139

Powers of life and death, 22

Pozzuoli, Italy, 153, 173

Precious stones, 32

Pregnancy, 12, 72, 84–87

Pretensions, 129

Priapus, 174

Priestess, 22, 142, 166, 168, 173, 179

   Of deified Augustus, 155

   Of state cults, 142

Priesthoods, 170

   Conjugal cooperation, 170

   The flamen of Jupiter, 170

   The flaminica, 180

     Archaic customs of, 180

   The flaminica Dialis, 74, 170, 180

   High priests, 175

   Interdependency, 170

   Marital concord, 170

     Flame-colored bridal veil, 170

   The regina sacrorum, 170, 180

   The rex sacrorum, 170

Princeps, 34

Prisoners, 41

Privacy, 95

Processions, 142, 179

   Torchlit, 177

Procreation, 47

Prodigies, 172

Professionals, 84

   Learned, 94

Professions, 94

Promiscuity, 53, 85

Propaganda, 14

Propertius, 4, 11, 53, 55, 98, 177

Property, 3, 49, 50, 52, 99

Proscription of, 43 B.C.E., 147

Prostitute, 4, 64, 102, 172, 176, 180

Protest, public, 52

Provinces, 38, 137, 171

   Cities of, 153

   Men from provinces in senate, 148

Ptolemy, King of Egypt, 146

Public art and architecture, 106

Public benefaction, 27

Public dignity, 58

Public life, 142

Public office, 27, 150

Public relations, 171

Public show, 52

Pudicitia, 48

Punic War, 32

Punishment, 49

   Capital, 170

Purification, 176

Purple, 32

Purple tunics, 33

Quinta Claudia, 31, 33

Rabbits, 139

Rape, 58, 161

Rape of the Sabine Women, 9, 46

   Relief panel, 11, 105

Reading, 109–110

   Son, 109

   Scenes of, 109, 110

Reclining, 55

Relief from the Church of S. Maria Saal, Austria, 133

Relief sculpture, 39, 135

   From Italy, 137

   Funerary, 109

   Historical, 15

   Panel, 105

   Portrait, 65, 79

   Relief of a butcher shop, 113

   Relief of a greengrocer from Ostia, the port of Rome, 117, 138, 140

     Design elements of, 118

   Relief of a potter and his wife, 25

   Relief of a saleswoman, 139

   Relief of Lucius Vibius Felix, 51

   Relief of the poultry vendor, 118

Religion, 13, 31, 142, 149, 179

   Feast days, 167, 180

   Inability of women to make sacrifices, 179

   Intimacy of goddess and worshipper, 176

   Making women visible in the public sphere, 166

   Processions, 166

   Religious calendar, 142, 167

   Religious rites, 13

   Sacred texts, 167

   Sacrificial victims, 169

   Storehouses, 169

     Grain, 169

   Vows, 167

Remarriage, 13, 46

Reproduction, 39, 176

Republic, 28, 30–34, 46, 58, 142, 156

   Early, 152

   Elite matrons of, 145

   Late, 51, 53, 118

   Spirit of, 148

Reputation, 17

Respectability, 94

Reverence, 83

Rhetoric, 47, 59

Rings, betrothal, 71

Rite, 180

   Of initiation, 16

   Ephebic rites, 177

Ritual, 74, 166–170

   Absolution, 175

   Purification, 173

   Religious, 74

Robbery, 128

Roma, 14–15

   Personification of, 14–15

Roman army, 42

Roman Egypt, 16, 74, 79, 91, 115, 125

   Teachers in Roman Egypt, 135

     Of Greek language and literature, 135

Roman Emperors, 21

Roman Forum, 11, 168, 170

Romance, 71

   Romantic match, 71

   Romantic trysts, 53

Romania, 38, 40

Romanization, 133

Rome, 28, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 69, 73, 90, 91, 176, 177

   Early, 49, 58, 59

   Founding, 28, 152

   Golden age, 152

   Markets and shops in, 135, 139

Romulus, 9

Romulus Augustulus, 34

Rooms, 95

Rural hinterlands, 40

Sabina, 21, 160, 164, 165

Sabina Augusta, 165

Sabine women, 58, 74, 76

Sabines, 9–12

Sacrosanctity, 150

Sales jobs, 94

   Women, 137, 140

     Difference between saleswomen and matrons, 140

     Reputation to elite men, 140

Salons, 129

Salutatio, 95, 96, 160

Salvia Postuma Sergius, 37

Sanctuary of Diana at Nemi,

   Leaving of models of body parts, 178

Sarcophagi, 57, 74, 103, 109, 110

   Biographical, 111

Sarcophagus of M. Cornelius Statius, 109

Satire, 8–9, 14, 47, 48, 50, 135

Satyrs, 176

Scandal, 36, 59

Schoolmaster, 110

Schools, 107

Science, 114

Scribes, 96

Secret, 71

Self-improvement, 111, 176

Self-maintenance, 176

Seljuk, 105

Senate, 30, 35, 37, 148

Senatorial Order, 16, 37, 52, 121

Senators, 26, 52, 53

   Wives of, 172

Senatus Consultum de Cn. Pisone Patre, 154

Seneca, 160

Sentiment, 76, 77

Septimius Severus, 129

Service quarters, 100

Servile workers, 107

Settlements, 131

Sex, extramarital, 53

Sexual partners, 49, 54, 176

Sexuality, 12, 13, 26, 57, 68, 172, 180

   Regulation of, 173

   Sexual domination, 74

   Sexually insatiable women, 13

   Sexual pleasure, 26

Shame, 49, 98

Shop, 24, 94, 136

   Managing of, 136

   Retail, 137

   Take-out shop, 102

Shopkeepers, 72

   Small, 22

Shopping, 95

Shows

   Traveling, 132

Sibylline books, 167, 172

Sickness, 178

Silversmith, 94

Skills

   Administrative and managerial, 46

Slaves, 14, 16, 22–24, 41, 48, 49, 59, 64, 82, 83, 88, 94, 95, 97, 103, 107, 124, 131, 137

   Bred, 72

   Children, 62, 107

   Ethnic origins of, 106

   Fugitive, 177

   Girls, 49, 66, 107, 137

   Labor, 13

   Maids, 23, 106

   Male, 72

   Names of, 69

   Staffs of, 109

Snails, 118

Snobbery, 26

Social identity, 66

Social indoctrination, 173

Social lives, 128

Social mobility, 27, 52

Social orders, 16

Social policies, 32

Social status, 16, 94, 106

Social work, 180

Socialites, 53

Solace, 179

Soldiers, 39, 40, 43, 47, 72, 80, 131

   Eastern, 106

   Forbidden to marry, 131

Sons, 39, 49

   Sons-in-law, 73

Sophist, 107

Soranus, 12, 84, 86, 107

Spa, 176

Spain, 91

Speechwriting, 62

Spindle, 60, 75

Spinners, 97

Spinning, 94

Spouses, 76–83

   Selection of, 49

Standards, 12–14, 17–18

   Double, 49

State ceremony, 18

Statesmen, 177

Statius, 73

Statues, 33

   Statue of a Priestess, 173

   Statue of Cornelia, 147

   Statue of Helena, 147

   Statues of Women, 19

   Statuette of Venus with Priapus, 174

Status, 18, 32, 110

   Distinctions, 52

   Lower status of women, 129

Stele of Lutatia Lupata, 65

Stereotypes, 47

   Busybody, 47

   Female, 48

   Insatiable Crone, 47

   Spendthrift, 47

Stewards, 95

Stola, 3, 5, 62

Strategos, 79, 80

Stucco Reliefs from La Marsa, 123

Stylus, 96

Submissive females’ demeanor, 178

Suetonius, 52, 60

Suggestus, 160

Sulpicia, 53, 71

Sulpicia Lepidina, 129, 130

Superstitions, 86

Supplies, 95

Surgeons, 87

Sweetness, 68

Syria, 127, 165

   Dura Europos, 96

Table leg from Colliton Park, 104

Table setting, 100

Tablets, 95–96, 130, 136

   Wax, 95, 136

   Wooden, 130

Tacitus, 107, 158, 160, 161

Talasio, 76

Tapestries, 96

Tavern, reconstructed, 102

Teachers, 95, 135, 136

   Female, 109

Teenager, 69

Tellus, 36

Tellus Italia, 152

Temple of Vesta, 171

Terentia, 72

Terrace Houses in Ephesus, 104, 105, 106

Terracotta relief from the Tomb of Scribonia Attice, 87

Terracotta votive, 178

Textiles, 100, 177

The Golden Girl, 125, 126

Theater, 52

Threshold, 73, 76

Thrift, 59

Tiberius, 36, 149, 151, 154, 158

   Claim to the succession, 158

Titus, 36, 162

Toddlers, 96, 110

Toga, 4

Togate, 4

Toilette, 112–113

Tomb, 177

   façade, 136

Tombstone of Flavia Augustina of York, 47

Tombstones, 59

Torches, 75

Townhouses, 23, 55, 95, 103

   Access to, 47

Towns, 40, 103, 171

   Economy of, 132

   Of Italy, 171

Trade, 24

Traders, 133

Trades, 137

Tradespeople, 24, 27

Trajan, 21, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 63, 105, 164

   Army of, 106

   Arch at Benevento, 38, 39

   Column of, 40

   Parthian wars, 106

Travel, 79

Trial, 50

Triclinium, 57

Trimalchio, 27

Tripod, 101

Triumphal arch, 105

Triumphal imagery, 105

Trophy of Trajan, Adamklissi, 43

Troops, 39, 40

Trousers, 41

Troy, 156

Tullia, 72, 89

Tunic, 62, 73, 74

   Knots, 74

Turkey, 20, 104

Tutors, 109

   Houses, 107

Ummidia Quadratilla, 134

Uncle, 71

Univira, 46, 145

Urban renewal, 34

Urn, ash, 60, 81

Vaginal speculum, 86

Valerius Maximus, 144

Values

   Traditional, 180

Vanity, 48, 112

Vegetables, 138

Vehicles, 152

Veiling, 5, 74, 120, 173

   Unveiled, 5, 74

Venus, 4, 6, 25, 75, 153, 177

   And Mars, 155

   Bathing, 7

   Venus Felix, 177

Verginia, 26, 32, 59

Vespasian, 36

   Return of, 168

Vestal Virgins, 9, 31, 74, 153, 168–170, 172, 180

   Did not serve as models, 180

   Dress and hair, 168

   Keeping of the fire, 168

   Liminal figures, 168

   Military preparation, 170

   Pollution of house, 170

   Punishment, 169

     Buried alive, 170

   Sacred hearth, 168, 170

     Generative power of, 168

     Symbol of generation through fertility, 170

   Temple of, 168

   Vow of purity, 168, 169, 180

Vesuvius, 103

Veteran, 40

   Conflict over land for, 148

Via di Diana, 102

Victory monument, 42

Viminal Hill, 82

Vindolanda, 129, 132

Virgil, 9

Virtue, 63

   Wifely, 58

Votives, 178

Vulci, 57

Wagon, 109, 133

   Covered, 133

   Fitted with beds, 133

   Miniature, 109

Warfare, 13

Warrior, 177

Water, 76

Waxed Tabula, 96

Weakness, 12

Wealth, 27, 31, 48, 49, 60, 95, 128

   Of women

     Display of, 144

Weavers, 99

Weaving, 94, 97, 100, 149

Wedding, 69, 73–76

Wedding finery, 68

Wedding plans, 66

Widows, 13, 46, 72

Wifely devotion, 81

Wigs, 112–113, 119, 123

   Marble, 120

Wills, 24, 52

Wine, 47, 55

Wisdom, 68

Witchcraft, 87

Wives, 9, 11, 34, 47, 48, 50, 51

   Adulterous, 48

Women, 133

   Aging, 176

   As monsters, 143

   Badge of honor of, 112

   Daily rounds, 33

   of ill repute, 175

   Quarters of, 96

   Respectable, 175

Wool, 58, 60, 76

Wool-basket, 60

Wool spinning, 147

Woolweighers, 99

Woolworkers, 99

Woolworking, 59, 60, 73, 99

Work, 78

   Women working outside the home, 137

     Dealer in grains, 137

     Mosaic worker, 137

     Perfumer, 137

Work of art, 81, 90

Working-class quarters, 10

Workplaces, 100

Workshops, 26, 99

Worshipers, 142, 166

X-rays, 135





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