Tatjana Sandon is an independent researcher, previously a Research Assistant at the University of Edinburgh on the Leverhulme-funded project ‘The Child Face of Roman Slavery’.

Tatjana Sandon’s extensive and meticulous survey of epigraphic evidence showcases the diverse experiences of formerly enslaved women in the Roman world. This book offers a compelling account of freed women’s agency, accomplishments, and resilience, making it an invaluable resource for scholars of gender, slavery, and Roman social history.

• PrefaceReading GuideAcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of MapsList of GraphsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart II: From Serva to Materfamilias: The Role of Freedwomen in the Roman Familia1. The Life Course of Roman Freedwomen: Manumission and Death in the Light of Funerary Commemoration2. Freedwoman and Wife: Marriage Options and the Identity of Freedwomen’s Spouses3. Uxor Aut Concubina? The Use of Conjugal Terms in the Epigraphic Evidence4. Freedwoman and Mother: Manumission and Motherhood in Relation to the Children’s Legal StatusesPart II: Outside the Walls of the Domus: Roman Freedwomen in the Public Sphere 5. The Occupations of Roman Freedwomen: Service, Skills, Professions and Offices6. Between Wo(men) and Gods: The Religious Activity of Roman Libertae7. Distinguished Roles, Public Honours and Acts of Euergetism: The Role of Freedwomen and their Familiae in Local Communities and the Wider SocietyConclusionAppendix graphicaAppendix epigraphicaBibliographyIndex libertarumGeneral index

Tatjana Sandon is an independent researcher, previously a Research Assistant at the University of Edinburgh on the Leverhulme-funded project ‘The Child Face of Roman Slavery’.

Tatjana Sandon’s extensive and meticulous survey of epigraphic evidence showcases the diverse experiences of formerly enslaved women in the Roman world. This book offers a compelling account of freed women’s agency, accomplishments, and resilience, making it an invaluable resource for scholars of gender, slavery, and Roman social history.

• PrefaceReading GuideAcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of MapsList of GraphsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart II: From Serva to Materfamilias: The Role of Freedwomen in the Roman Familia1. The Life Course of Roman Freedwomen: Manumission and Death in the Light of Funerary Commemoration2. Freedwoman and Wife: Marriage Options and the Identity of Freedwomen’s Spouses3. Uxor Aut Concubina? The Use of Conjugal Terms in the Epigraphic Evidence4. Freedwoman and Mother: Manumission and Motherhood in Relation to the Children’s Legal StatusesPart II: Outside the Walls of the Domus: Roman Freedwomen in the Public Sphere 5. The Occupations of Roman Freedwomen: Service, Skills, Professions and Offices6. Between Wo(men) and Gods: The Religious Activity of Roman Libertae7. Distinguished Roles, Public Honours and Acts of Euergetism: The Role of Freedwomen and their Familiae in Local Communities and the Wider SocietyConclusionAppendix graphicaAppendix epigraphicaBibliographyIndex libertarumGeneral index

Tatjana Sandon is an independent researcher, previously a Research Assistant at the University of Edinburgh on the Leverhulme-funded project ‘The Child Face of Roman Slavery’.

Tatjana Sandon’s extensive and meticulous survey of epigraphic evidence showcases the diverse experiences of formerly enslaved women in the Roman world. This book offers a compelling account of freed women’s agency, accomplishments, and resilience, making it an invaluable resource for scholars of gender, slavery, and Roman social history.

• PrefaceReading GuideAcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of MapsList of GraphsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart II: From Serva to Materfamilias: The Role of Freedwomen in the Roman Familia1. The Life Course of Roman Freedwomen: Manumission and Death in the Light of Funerary Commemoration2. Freedwoman and Wife: Marriage Options and the Identity of Freedwomen’s Spouses3. Uxor Aut Concubina? The Use of Conjugal Terms in the Epigraphic Evidence4. Freedwoman and Mother: Manumission and Motherhood in Relation to the Children’s Legal StatusesPart II: Outside the Walls of the Domus: Roman Freedwomen in the Public Sphere 5. The Occupations of Roman Freedwomen: Service, Skills, Professions and Offices6. Between Wo(men) and Gods: The Religious Activity of Roman Libertae7. Distinguished Roles, Public Honours and Acts of Euergetism: The Role of Freedwomen and their Familiae in Local Communities and the Wider SocietyConclusionAppendix graphicaAppendix epigraphicaBibliographyIndex libertarumGeneral index