CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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Roman women had many more rights than other women of the time.
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Roman women had the same rights as women in other societies.
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Roman women had fewer rights than women in other societies.
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Roman women had even more rights than women do today.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Women in ancient Rome, whether free or enslaved, played many roles: empress, priestess, goddess, shop owner, midwife, prostitute, daughter, wife and mother. But they lacked any voice in public life. They also lacked a voice in history.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement best describes the role of ancient Roman women in the domus? Women stood as the heads of the household, or domus, which was the one place where she could exercise a lot of power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement best describes the traditional ideal of Roman women in child rearing? Women nursed their children and personally took care of them, refusing to delegate maternal duties. Leading them in Second Punic War, who was Carthage’s most famous general?