Transcript The Virtuous Roman Woman

The Virtuous Roman Woman
Francesca D’Amico
Jennifer Gourley
Tanya Segota
Lex Julia et Papia Poppaea
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Forbade marriage of a senator or a senator’s
child to a prostitute
Made conditions that prevented marriage
illegal (For ex. Power to inherit only if
remained unmarried is not permitted)
Penalties for celibacy
A person with more children was preferred to
one who had fewer
Lex Julia et Papia Poppaea
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Freedmen who had a certain number of
children were freed "operarum obligatione"
libertae, who had four children, were released
from the tutela of their patrons
married persons who had no children could
only take one half of an hereditas which was
left to them (remedy:adoption)
Livia: Ideal Roman Woman
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Wife of Augustus
Active in administering the Empire
during Augustus' absence
Built her own imperial state buildings
First Empress to be deified after death
Was also the ideal matrona, was seen
spinning wool
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