Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman

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Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Gender, Sexuality, and the Status of Female Slaves
	Honor-Shame and the Degradation of Female Slaves
	The Sexual Integrity of Female Slaves in Roman Law
	Female Slaves and Prostitution
	The Household and Perceptions of Slave Sexuality
	Conclusion
2 Gender, Labor, and the Manumission of Female Slaves
	The Work and Value of Female Slaves
	The Decision to Manumit
	Manumission and Female Citizenship
	Conclusion
3 The Patron-Freedwoman Relationship in Roman Law
	Freedwomen’s Obligations to Patrons: Gendered Forms of Obsequium and Operae
	Guardianship (Tutela) and Inheritance Rights (Bona)
	Marriage and Consents to Marriage
	Conclusion
4 The Patron-Freedwoman Relationship in Funerary Inscriptions
	Funerary Inscriptions and Legal Status
	The Patron-Freedwoman Relationship
	Patrons and Husbands
	Conclusion
5 The Slavish Free Woman and the Citizen Community
	The Legal Standing of Freedwomen: An Equality of Respectability
	The Problem with Ex-Slaves: The Slavish Freedwoman in Roman Literature
	Marriage and the Transcendence of the Slavish Freedwoman
	Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix A:  Approximate Dates for Jurists Mentioned in the Text
Appendix B : Inscriptions from CIL 6 Commemorating “Patrons” and “Husbands”
Appendix C : Inscriptions from CIL 6 Commemorating an Individual as “Patron and Husband” or “Freedwoman and Wife”
	Inscriptions with “Patron and Husband” (“Husband” precedes “Patron”)
	Inscriptions with “Patron and Husband” (“Patron” precedes “Husband”)
2584
2884
2962
5360
6788
7368
7788
8449
8604
9590
9609
968
	Inscriptions with “Freedwoman and Wife” (“Wife” precedes “Freedwoman”)
7515
7673
11770
12162
13491
14930
15965
16342
16413
1820
	Inscriptions with “Freedwoman and Wife” (“Freedwoman” precedes “Wife”)
	Inscriptions with Split Status (One Individual Commemorated as “Patron/Freedwoman,” the Other as “Husband/Wife”)
Notes
	Introduction
	1 Gender, Sexuality, and the Status of Female Slaves
	2 Gender, Labor, and the Manumission  of Female Slaves
	3 The Patron-Freedwoman Relationship in Roman Law
	4 The Patron-Freedwoman Relationship in Funerary Inscriptions
	5 The Slavish Free Woman and the Citizen Community
	Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Sources
Subject Index