Bücher von Jane F. Gardner

Examines how the rights and duties of Roman citizens in private life were affected by certain basic differences in their formal status. Thereby, the book throws into sharper focus Roman conceptions of citizenship and society.

Basing her lively analysis on detailed study of literary and epigraphic material, Jane F. Gardner explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women and describes the ways in which the laws affected women throughout their lives.