WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Women were not allowed to be active in politics, so nobody wrote about them. Neither were they taught how to write, so they could not tell their own stories. We do know a little, however. Unlike society in ancient Egypt, Rome did not regard women as equal to men before the law.

Detailed explanation-2: -Women are given eighteen months from a repudiation to remarry. Eventually, this had to be changed to three years (Suetonius Augustus 34). Patrons are given certain rights of inheritance against freedmen of theirs who have married but do not have three children.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because of their limited public role, women are named less frequently than men by Roman historians. But while Roman women held no direct political power, those from wealthy or powerful families could and did exert influence through private negotiations.