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The educated and well-traveled Vibia Sabina (c. 136 AD) was a grand-niece of the emperor Trajan and became the wife of his successor Hadrian. [1]Freeborn women in ancient Rome were citizens (cives), [2] but could not vote or hold political office. [3]
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.
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, by Noël Hallé (1779, Musée Fabre). It is important to note that M. I. Finely advances the argument that "the exclusion of women from any direct participation in political or governmental activity" [6] was a normal practice in Ancient Roman society.
Fulvia was born and raised either in Rome or Tusculum.Her date of birth is not known. [8] Fulvia was a member of the Fulvia gens, which hailed from Tusculum.The Fulvii were one of the most distinguished Republican plebeian wealthy families in Rome; various members of the family achieved consulship and became senators, though no member of the Fulvii is on record as a consul after 125 BC. [9]
Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – AD 29) was Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Augustus, the first Roman emperor.She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julia gens in AD 14.
Claudia Marcella was the name of several women of ancient Rome of the Marcelli branch of the ... Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire, Simon and Schuster, 2011; ...
Women had the right to own property, to engage in business, and to obtain a divorce, but their legal rights varied over time. Marriages were an important form of political alliance during the Republic. Roman women mostly remained under the guardianship of their father (pater familias) or their closest male agnate. [4]
The Roman historian Tacitus considered the trial to be an indirect political attack against Agrippina. Her son became wealthy through the inheritance of both his parents. In 27, the younger Varus found himself facing accusations of treason and was nearly condemned.