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The lives of women associated with the army provide an avenue for better understanding women in antiquity and the complex society of the Roman Empire. This volume draws on archaeological and textual evidence and employs dynamic perspectives to shed light on an important but overlooked part of the community.
List of contents
1. Present but not accounted for: women and the Roman army in the 21st century Lee L. Brice and Elizabeth M. Greene; 2. Approaches to women and the Roman army: the history of a debate Elizabeth M. Greene and Lee L. Brice; 3. Agrippina and company: elite women in the castra Lee L. Brice and Georgia Tsouvala; 4. Elite marriage and adultery in the camp: Plin. EP. 6.31.4-6 and Tac. Hist. 1.48 Sara E. Phang; 5. Mother courage and her children: the family and social life of the garrisons stationed in Rome Alexandra W. Busch and Elizabeth M. Greene; 6. Investigating roles for women inside Roman military bases through artifact distribution Penelope M. Allison; 7. (In)visible women and children: literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence for British migrant families in the Roman army Tatiana Ivleva; 8. Soldiers' wives en route in Roman Egypt: a study through graffiti, private letters, and official documents Lien Foubert; 9. The role of women in the religious activities of Roman military communities Elizabeth M. Greene; 10. Mater castrorum: imperial women and succession ideology Julie Langford and Christina Hotalen; 11. Women and the military in the age of Justinian Conor Whately.
About the author
LEE L. BRICE is Distinguished University Professor of History at Western Illinois University. He is the co-editor of Brill's Companion to Diet and Logistics in Greek and Roman Warfare (2023), editor of New Approaches to Greek and Roman Warfare (2020), Series Editor of Warfare in the Ancient Mediterranean World, and Senior Editor for Research Perspectives: Ancient History.ELIZABETH M. GREENE is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair of Roman Archaeology at the University of Western Ontario. She has been part of the excavation and research team at Vindolanda since 2002 and has published extensively on Vindolanda, the Roman army, and the role of women in its communities.
