... the pietas and officia associated with the family; and the concomitant heroization of the perpetrators. Finally, the paper highlights an act of domestic violence associated with Rome’s genesis. prehistory Roman domestic violence family Rhea Amulius Remus Sabine women Horatia Brutus When...

... of the rape of the Sabine women, in which the early male settlers of the city stole the daughters and sisters of neighbouring tribes in order to take them as wives. Roman women could possess property – inherited or otherwise – so it is not surprising that one of the few places in the Digest of Roman...

... and tensions associated with the maternal imprint. women’s role in generation Roman family heredity Sabine women Pliny the Younger Tacitus Quintilian This chapter begins with a simple observation: women are everywhere in Martial’s world, and they appear in a seemingly irreconcilable variety of roles...