The history of the Roman woman we have essayed to recount has run contemporaneously with the life of this worship of the old gods. What she was that religion largely made her. In it she found inspiration for her brave deeds; its ideals were the expression of her love of beauty; it strengthened her fortitude in times of trial; and when we remember her frailties, charity must also remind us that, apart from her own nature and the custom of her time, this religion was all that she had.
CONTENTS
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[PREFACE] THE WOMAN OF LEGENDARY ROME NOBLE MATRONS OF THE REPUBLIC WOMAN'S PART IN RELIGION THE PASSING OF OLD ROMAN SIMPLICITY ROMAN MARRIAGE WOMAN UNDER JULIUS CÆSAR THE ROMAN WOMAN IN POLITICS THE ROMAN WOMAN INI LITERATURE WOMAN AT HER WORST THE WOMEN OF DECADENT ROME GOOD WOMEN OF NERO'S REIGN UNDER THE FLAVIANS THE SUNSET GLOW OF PAGANISM THE PASSING OF PAGANISM |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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[Tullia, daughter of Servius] [The Convert] [The "new" woman in Rome] [A Roman banquet] [A Pompeian house] [The chief vestal] |
E. Hildebrand G. R. C. Boulanger G. R. C. Boulanger Albert Baur From a water-color by M. Hoffbauer, after a restoration by Jules Bouchot from Pliny's description Henri P. Motte |