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Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic

Edited by Catherine Steel, Edited by Lewis Webb





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In the Roman Republic, elite women were legally permitted to control substantial assets – and many demonstrably were in direct control of their wealth. They were also the mothers, wives and daughters of the politicians who built Rome's empire and, in a time of high mortality, could find themselves running households that did not contain adult men. This volume explores the political and social consequences of elite female wealth. It combines case studies of individual women, such as Licinia, wife of C. Gracchus, Mucia Tertia and Octavia Minor, with broader surveys of the institutional frameworks and social conventions that constrained and enabled women's wealth and its consequences. The book contributes to the recent upsurge of interest in re-evaluating the role of women in Republican Rome and will be invaluable for scholars and students alike.

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Publisher | Cambridge University Press
Published date | 25 Mar 2026
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Format | Digital download and online
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ISBN | 978-1-0096-9186-4
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BISAC | history / ancient / general


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