The Education of Women in Ancient Rome

Authors
Publication date 2015
Host editors
  • W.M. Bloomer
Book title A Companion to Ancient Education
ISBN
  • 9781444337532
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781119023913
Pages (from-to) 292-304
Number of pages 12
Publisher Chichester: Wiley Blackwell
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
Abstract This chapter surveys the education of Roman women in Rome and Italy during the late Republic and the first three centuries of the Empire. The main topics are: women's opportunities to receive education, the kinds of education they received, the levels they could reach, and the judgments that were passed on educated women. The chapter's main focus is on the literary and philosophical education of women of wealthy urban families and on the mixed feelings their education aroused, but some attention is also paid to the varying levels of literacy and numeracy of women of the professional classes.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119023913.ch19
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