ROMAN WOMAN AND EXERCISE OF POWER THROUGH CONTROL OF FINANCE: CASE OF TERENCE, WIFE OF CICERON Cover Image

РИМЛЯНКАТА И УПРАЖНЯВАНЕТО НА ВЛАСТ ЧРЕЗ КОНТРОЛ НА ФИНАНСИТЕ. СЛУЧАЯТ ТЕРЕНЦИЯ, СЪПРУГА НА ЦИЦЕРОН
ROMAN WOMAN AND EXERCISE OF POWER THROUGH CONTROL OF FINANCE: CASE OF TERENCE, WIFE OF CICERON

Author(s): Coré Ferrer Alcantud
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Canon Law / Church Law, EU-Legislation
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Terentia; upper class Roman woman; feminine finances; Cicero; Roman Republic;

Summary/Abstract: According to the sources, the life of the upper class Roman women was both quiet and insignificant during the Republic. In spite of the fact that a few ones stand out within a more mythical rather than realistic ancient literature, women had to stay at home, whereas men, outside «feminine» place, had the choice to access an enormous universe of possibilities and political dreams. Nevertheless, one woman will shine above the other matronae in the last decades of the Roman Republic: Terentia, Cicero's first wife. Thanks to this eloquent orator –the most important source of those last times– and his epistolary work, we will be able to observe how this woman could manage the family finances during the absences of her husband; we will see that this was an action which followed no patterns.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 475-500
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Bulgarian