Roman Women: Their Aspirations and Power

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Social laws that limited women’s roles in society were instituted in ancient Rome in order to maintain the patriarchal family structure. Female family members remained at home to learn house chores and make clothing while a few, based on their wealth, became influential community members. Those who attained powerful positions were consorts of successful monarchs who lived to inspire communities as role models. This creates a pattern worthy of examining based on certain contrasts arising within various roles that women played in ancient Rome. Did Roman women have their own aspirations and dreams towards the welfare of the Roman Empire? Limiting a woman’s role creates inferiority complexes, which in early Rome appeared normal but experienced a fair share of influential women such as Hortensia

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