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Capharnaum - the town of Jesus

In all of Roman literature surviving the fall of its Empire, only six short poems from a woman named Sulpicia have come down to us that speak in a woman's authentic voice. Yet more has been learned of Roman women in the past thirty years than in centuries before. From the Empress to her freedwoman, the good wife to the prostitute, the midwife to the scholar, this site presents an introduction to the history of the women of ancient Rome.

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I,Claudia, freewoman of Rome , travels to Brittannia and uncovers a mystery which sheds new light on the events of 60. (humour)

Provides listing of censors, consuls, and emperors and a genealogical guide to the Julio-Claudians.

biographies of Julius Caesar and his contemporaries.

The Roman institution of marriage has been lauded as being the first purely humanistic law of marriage, one that is based on the idea of marriage being a free and freely dissolvable union of two equal partners for life. (Schulz, 1951;103)

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The following article is from a special issue of Helios entitled "Rescuing Creusa: New Methodological Approaches to Women in Antiquity," (Helios, New Series 13(2), 1986, pp. 69-84). This article is particular enlightening not only for its detailed discussion of midwives and maternity care, but also because it examines the gap between "professional" care (the midwifes and doctors) and folk medicine.

Basic biographical data of Roman political figures of the late Republic and early Empire.

Romanae Antiquae Salvete amici, As you can see, my focus, as per my title, will be a look back. The lives of women throughout the centuries of Rome's rise and fall, are facinating. The power, position, name, beauty, courage, fame and infamy,...

An article by J.J. O'Donnell on the 6th century author who wrote on Roman and Gothic history.

Original source texts by 59 ancient authors (441 works) with search function, many biographies

A History of Women in Ancient Rome.

Who was Who in Roman Times

A History of Women in Ancient Rome.