A companion to women in the ancient world - James, Sharon L.; Dillon, Sheila (Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
pt. 5. From empire to Christianity. Case study vi : female portraiture in Palmyra / Maura K. Heyn -- Women in imperial Roman literature / Rhiannon Ash -- Female portraiture and female patronage in the high imperial period / Rachel Meyers -- Women in Roman Britain / Lindsay Allason-Jones -- Public roles for women in the cities of the Latin west / Emily A. Hemelrijk -- Rari exempli femina : female virtues on Roman funerary inscriptions / Werner Riess -- Women in late antique Egypt / Jennifer Sheridan Moss -- Representations of women in late antiquity and early Byzantium / Ioli Kalavrezou -- Becoming Christian / Ross. S Kraemer.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-603) and indexes.
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Keywords: To 500; Women -- History -- To 500.; Civilization, Ancient; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies; Civilization, Ancient; Women; Vrouwen; Oudheid; Kvinnor -- historia -- antiken; Antiken -- kultur- och samhällsliv.; Electronic books; History