WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -However wealthy they were, because they could not vote or stand for office, women had no formal role in public life. In reality, wives or close relatives of prominent men could have political influence behind the scenes and exert real, albeit informal, power.

Detailed explanation-2: -Roman women were not allowed to own property or control their own finances-all family inheritances and dowries were transferred to the husband when a woman married. Nor could women participate in politics-they could neither vote nor run for political office.

Detailed explanation-3: -Voting for most offices was open to all full Roman citizens, a group that excluded women, slaves and originally those living outside of Rome. In the early Republic, the electorate would have been small, but as Rome grew it expanded.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both men and women were citizens in the Roman Republic, but only men could vote. Tradition dictated that patricians and plebeians should be strictly separated; marriage between the two classes was even prohibited.

Detailed explanation-5: -The patricians inherited their power and held almost all the important government positions such as the consuls. However, only males could vote. In early Rome, patricians were the only ones who could hold political or religious office.