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Valeria, the name of the women of the Valeria gens. Valeria, first priestess of Fortuna Muliebris in 488 BC [1]; Aemilia Tertia (с. 230 – 163 or 162 BC), wife of Scipio Africanus and mother of Cornelia (see below), noted for the unusual freedom given her by her husband, her enjoyment of luxuries, and her influence as role model for elite Roman women after the Second Punic War.
These types of qualities were found in many Roman inscriptions about women of any class, but these inscriptions may be unreliable in describing Roman women in day-to-day real life. [21] The domestica bona tradition portrays her in an incredibly positive and biased light which does not necessarily depict Maxima's own view of herself. [21]
The Hippocratic view that amenorrhea was fatal became by Roman times a specific issue of infertility, and was recognized by most Roman medical writers as a likely result when women engage in intensive physical regimens for extended periods of time. Balancing food, exercise, and sexual activity came to be regarded as a choice that women might make.
List of distinguished Roman women; E. List of Roman and Byzantine empresses This page was last edited on 25 April 2024, at 20:52 (UTC). Text ...
For a list of Goddesses with brief descriptions, see List of Roman Goddesses. Subcategories. ... Deified ancient Roman women (1 C, 8 P) Diana (mythology) (4 C, 41 P) F.
Artists have failed to depict a complete set of Roman empresses, but we can still learn from the individual stories of those ancient women
Manius Acilius Glabrio - consul and general during the Roman-Seleucid War [34] Manius Acilius Glabrio - consul and general during the Third Mithridatic War [ 35 ] Marcus Acilius Glabrio - consul and proconsular governor of Africa [ 36 ]
Ancient Roman women philosophers (5 P) Ancient Roman priestesses (4 C, 10 P) R. Female Roman royals (3 C) W. Ancient Roman women writers (12 P)