"In domo gravissimae feminae" Politische Unterredungen im Haus der Sulpicia im Jahre 186 v. Chr

Harriet I. Flower

doi:10.1515/hzhz-2023-0008

"In domo gravissimae feminae" Politische Unterredungen im Haus der Sulpicia im Jahre 186 v. Chr

Translated title of the contribution: "In domo gravissimae feminae". Political Conversations at the House of Sulpicia in 186 BCE

Harriet I. Flower

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This paper focusses on the houses of wealthy women in republican Rome by exploring political conversations that took place in this gendered domestic context. The case study of Sulpicia, mother-in-law of Spurius Postumius Albinus (consul 186 BCE), provides a range of suggestive insights into the independent roles played by women living in their own houses in the early second century BCE. According to Livy's narrative, several pivotal conversations that shaped the outcome of the notorious Bacchanalian affair took place in Sulpicia's house. These conversations reveal the social settings in which women interacted, networked, exchanged information, and talked politics and religion in a setting that was specifically their own.

Translated title of the contribution	"In domo gravissimae feminae". Political Conversations at the House of Sulpicia in 186 BCE
Original language	German
Pages (from-to)	281-305
Number of pages	25
Journal	Historische Zeitschrift
Volume	316
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/hzhz-2023-0008
State	Published - Apr 1 2023

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Keywords

Bacchanalian Affair
Gender
Gender
Political Communication
Romische Republik; Bacchanalien-Affare
politische Kommunikation; Roman Republic

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