Women in ancient Rome played very different roles then the men did."Matrona" or women were given very few liberties, and were only permitted to leave the "oikos" or house for a special occasion, or under supervision. Some of the less wealthy families abandoned the burden of having a baby girl at birth, and were sometimes sold to the wealthy as slaves. Even Emperor Augustus impeded the advancements of women's rights by introducing new laws …
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…treated unfairly and deep down I believe that most people would agree with that, but at this time it seemed like an impossible mission that was inevitably conquered hundreds of years later. Bibliography: Plutarch. Lives. 1 ed. New York: The Modern Library, 1992. Plutarch. Lives. 2 ed. New York: The Modern Library, 1992. Balsdon, J.P.V.D. Romen Women. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1962. Kleiner, Diana E.E. Women in Roman Art and Society. 2 ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000.