Emily A. Hemelrijk is professor of Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on Roman women. Her books include Matrona Docta. Educated Women in the Roman Élite from Cornelia to Julia Domna (London/New York, 1999 / 2004) and the edited volumes Roman Rule and Civic Life: Local and Regional Perspectives (Amsterdam 2004, with L. de Ligt and H.S. Singor) and Women and the Roman City in the Latin West (Leiden and Boston 2013, with Greg Woolf).

Anyone engaged in research on the civic lives of women in the Roman West must consult this book, for it is the most comprehensive examination in this field of study and corrects certain misguided views on Roman women based mainly on literary sources.

• Contents ; Preface ; A Note on Translations ; Abbreviations ; Maps ; Introduction ; 1. A World Full of Cities ; 2. Civic Priesthoods ; 3. Civic Benefactresses ; 4. Social Networks and Civic Associations ; 5. Civic Patronage and 'Motherhood' of Cities and Associations ; 6. Public Honour ; Conclusions ; Appendix: Tables to Chapters 2-6

Emily A. Hemelrijk is professor of Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on Roman women. Her books include Matrona Docta. Educated Women in the Roman Élite from Cornelia to Julia Domna (London/New York, 1999 / 2004) and the edited volumes Roman Rule and Civic Life: Local and Regional Perspectives (Amsterdam 2004, with L. de Ligt and H.S. Singor) and Women and the Roman City in the Latin West (Leiden and Boston 2013, with Greg Woolf).

Anyone engaged in research on the civic lives of women in the Roman West must consult this book, for it is the most comprehensive examination in this field of study and corrects certain misguided views on Roman women based mainly on literary sources.

• Contents ; Preface ; A Note on Translations ; Abbreviations ; Maps ; Introduction ; 1. A World Full of Cities ; 2. Civic Priesthoods ; 3. Civic Benefactresses ; 4. Social Networks and Civic Associations ; 5. Civic Patronage and 'Motherhood' of Cities and Associations ; 6. Public Honour ; Conclusions ; Appendix: Tables to Chapters 2-6

Emily A. Hemelrijk is professor of Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on Roman women. Her books include Matrona Docta. Educated Women in the Roman Élite from Cornelia to Julia Domna (London/New York, 1999 / 2004) and the edited volumes Roman Rule and Civic Life: Local and Regional Perspectives (Amsterdam 2004, with L. de Ligt and H.S. Singor) and Women and the Roman City in the Latin West (Leiden and Boston 2013, with Greg Woolf).

Anyone engaged in research on the civic lives of women in the Roman West must consult this book, for it is the most comprehensive examination in this field of study and corrects certain misguided views on Roman women based mainly on literary sources.

• Contents ; Preface ; A Note on Translations ; Abbreviations ; Maps ; Introduction ; 1. A World Full of Cities ; 2. Civic Priesthoods ; 3. Civic Benefactresses ; 4. Social Networks and Civic Associations ; 5. Civic Patronage and 'Motherhood' of Cities and Associations ; 6. Public Honour ; Conclusions ; Appendix: Tables to Chapters 2-6