Roman society from Augustus to Titus

The main concern when trying to evaluate the role that women played in Ancient Rome is that our sources are by male authors. No personal diaries or ancient journals of Roman women were discovered, so instead all evidence written is from a male perspective. The evidence that we have was mainly written by aristocratic males who had the time and education to reflect on life. In their writing it was often their relatives and wives …

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