Livia and the "institutionalization" of the Roman woman

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  • Taís Pagoto Bélo University of São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34024/herodoto.2022.v7.15475

Keywords:

Roman women, Coins, Goddess, Patriarchy, Public/private, Masculine dominance

Abstract

For this work, previous analyses and thoughts on patriarchy by investigating it in the Roman past should be considered. In this sense, this paper aims to invite the reader to the thought and the reflection on the position of women in the ancient society through the investigation of the case of Livia and the hypothesis of how she was "institutionalized". She was the wife of Augustus, but had previously been married to Tiberius Claudius Nero, with whom she had two sons, Tiberius and Drusus. Octavian ​​arranged a divorce for her to marry him, who was married to Scribonia. He knew how to unite a line of Livia's need to show herself with traditional gifts and power within the domus, and her role linked to state affairs. Her position turned out to be dubious, since she was someone who had a public role, but did not have a public position. Livia's presence and performance could be linked to religious issues, which will be reported in this study through textual sources from authors such as Tacitus, Cassius Dio and Suetonius, and material sources, such as coins.

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Author Biography

  • Taís Pagoto Bélo, University of São Paulo

    Tais Pagoto Bélo is graduated in History (2002) through the State University of São Paulo (Unesp). She holds a Master's degree in Archeology (2007) from the Museum of Archeology and Ethnology (MAE), of the University of São Paulo (USP). She holds a PhD from the Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences (IFCH), of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), where under the guidance of Prof. P. P. A. Funari and with an internship at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland), under the co-supervision of Prof. Greg Woolf, developed the theme about ?Boudica and the feminine facets over time: nationalism, feminism, memory and power.? In her first post-doctorate she developed the theme about ?Boudica and the collective memory,? which was completed at the Institute of Archeology (IoA), of the University College London (UCL), in Public Archeology, under the guidance of Prof. Tim Schadla-Hall and co-supervision of Prof. P. P. A. Funari. Her second post-doctorate was about ?Romans and Britons: a sampling of women in Britannia,? took at the State University of Campinas, with the guidance of Prof. P. P. A. Funari. The scholar is in her third post-doctoral period, with a theme related to the power of Imperial Women through coins, which is being developed at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE), at the University of São Paulo (USP), under the guidance of Prof. Vagner C. Porto. Currently, she is developing the analysis of coins of the same theme in a Post-Doctoral Abroad, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (UBL), with Prof. François de Callataÿ. Adding that the academic is part of the following study groups: Messalinas (Study Group on Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity) coordinated by Prof. Dr. Sarah F. L. de Azevedo (LEIR/FFLCH/USP); Ancient Numismatics, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Cristina Kormikiari (MAE/USP). She is also a member of the Laboratório de Arqueologia Romana Provincial (LARP/MAE/USP).
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2023-08-03

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2022): Roman Archeology

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Livia and the "institutionalization" of the Roman woman. (2023). Heródoto: Revista Do Grupo De Estudos E Pesquisas Sobre a Antiguidade Clássica E Suas Conexões Afro-asiáticas, 7(2), 79-106. https://doi.org/10.34024/herodoto.2022.v7.15475