Ancient Roman Women Analysis

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The book “Ancient Roman Women” originated from the author Brian Williams and was first published in 1943. It was updated in 2003 in the United States. Its purpose was to add to the series “People in the Past”, and to inform people more about ancient civilizations. Some values is that it has a lot of essential information, and that is was updated recently. One limitation is how there is no information on the author in the book or online, and it is unknown whether he was a certified historian. Another limitation is that it was first published fifty-four years ago. This source isn’t that credible, since there’s no information on the author.

This source originates from the book “Life in a Medieval Village” written by two historical authors Frances
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Namely, this research paper will describe women in power, women in the household, and marriage rights. In two different societies of Rome and Medieval, it is necessary to ask the question of what extent of similarities and differences these women portray in these two cultures. This will demonstrate and analysis women’s roles and rights in Ancient Rome and the Middle …show more content…
But they have something else in common; Christianity in the Middle Ages improved the status of women[19], and roman goddesses and Catholicism also added respect to women. Not necessarily for power, or equality, but as the normal standards for the female gender; beauty, elegance, innocence.

It is clear through my various sources that both Roman women and Medieval women were given the ‘short end of the stick’—after analysis, they are more similar than different, and while the time spectrum is large it is apparent that these societies, while similar, are also alarmingly different. It depends on how you look, but it seems that Roman women have a bigger role in society, but there are many different arguments to make saying Medieval women had better opportunism. In final analysis, it is evident that these two societies are more similar than different, each one differing based on the time or

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