This book goes beyond simplistic considerations, still occasionally found in popular and academic books, which merely state that, in Rome, men were citizens and women were not or, at best, were second-class citizens. Roman women were citizens and their civic roles and public presence are essential for gaining a better understanding of the Roman Republic. This monograph offers nineteen studies on Roman citizen women during this period, their roles in the public sphere and their place in the community and the res publica to which they belonged. It includes a variety of perspectives, discourses and nuances regarding the question of how women acted as citizens, in order to work towards a historical discourse that places men and women on an equal footing, considering the latter as historical actors as relevant as the former, and which incorporates gender issues into the narrative.
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Cristina Rosillo-López, is Professor in Ancient History at the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville (Spain). She specialises in the political culture of the Roman Republic, social and economic history of the Roman world and history of gender. Her publications include the monographs Public Opinion and Politics in the Late Roman Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and Political Conversations in the Late Republican Rome (Oxford University Press, 2022). She is the coordinator of the national Network of Excellence “Libera res publica: foro de historiadores españoles de la República romana”.
Silvia Lacorte, Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities (2017) and a Master’s Degree in Scienze Storiche e della documentazione storica (2020), both earned at the University Aldo Moro of Bari (Italy). She is currently a PhD student in Ancient History at the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville (Spain). Her line of research focuses on political history and political culture of the late Roman Republic; her scholarly pursuits delve into the nuanced exploration of political practices and ideological confrontations during the early decades of the late Republic.