The Lives and Deaths of Women in Ancient Pompeii
304 pages, 7 x 10
Hardcover
Release Date:08 Jul 2025
ISBN:9781477331231
A study of women’s lives in the public sphere of the ancient city of Pompeii.
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction. Mulvia Prisca and the Women in Pompeii
- Chapter 1. Life after Life: Female Tomb Builders
- Chapter 2. Annedia and the First Generation of Tomb Builders
- Chapter 3. Eumachia and Her Neighbors
- Chapter 4. Funerary and Civic Honors for Pompeian Women
- Chapter 5. Eumachia, Mamia, and the Religious Activities of Pompeian Women
- Chapter 6. A Woman’s Place? The Domestic Sphere
- Chapter 7. Minding Their Own Business(es): Julia Felix, Holconia, and Eumachia in the Economic Life of Pompeii
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix. Female Tomb Patrons and Supervisors in Pompeii
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
