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Review of Hemelrijk's examination of non-imperial women in the Roman West through the analysis of approximately 1400 inscriptions. She considers which types of women were active in public life, what motivated them, and what were the benefits of such participation to themselves and their families.
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This page is a summary of: E. A. HEMELRIJK, HIDDEN LIVES, PUBLIC PERSONAE. WOMEN AND CIVIC LIFE IN THE ROMAN WEST. Oxford/NewYork: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xx + 610, illus.isbn
9780190251888. £55.00/US$85.00., The Journal of Roman Studies, June 2017, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0075435817000600.
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