TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schultz,Celia E.
TI  - Women's religious activity in the Roman Republic
T2  - Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
SN  - 9780807877258
AV  - BL625.7 .S38 2006eb
U1  - 292.07082 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Chapel Hill, NC
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Women
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Rome
KW  - Women and religion
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Antiquities & Archaeology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Paganism & Neo-Paganism
KW  - fast
KW  - Godsdienst
KW  - gtt
KW  - Vrouwen
KW  - Romeinse republiek
KW  - Rome (Empire)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Literary evidence -- Women in the epigraphic record -- The evidence of votive deposits -- Household ritual -- Social status and religious participation -- Conclusion
N2  - Schultz demonstrates that in addition to observances of marriage, fertility, and childbirth, there were more--and more important--religious opportunities available to Roman women than are commonly considered. Her study of ancient literature, inscriptions, and archaeological remains from the fifth to the first century B.C.E. shows that women honored gods unaffiliated with domestic matters, including Hercules and Jupiter; they took part in commercial, military, and political rites; they often worshipped alongside men; and they were not confined to the private sphere, the traditional domain of wo
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