Женщины Древнего Рима. Увлекательные истории жизни римлянок всех сословий

Professor Oksfordskogo universiteta, chlen Britanskoĭ akademii, avtor ri͡ada issledovaniĭ po drevneĭ istorii Dzhon Persi Bėlsdon posvi͡atil svoi͡u knigu zhenshchinam Drevnego Rima. Istorii͡a rimskikh zhenshchin - ėto mnogovekovai͡a istorii͡a predstavitelʹnit͡s vsekh sloev rimskogo obshchestva. Zhenshchiny nikogda ne upravli͡ali Rimom, no ėto ne oznachaet, chto oni ne uchastvovali v formirovanii imperskoĭ politiki. Ot nikh, v osobennosti ot ispolnenii͡a imi zhrecheskikh obi͡azannosteĭ, naprimer, zaviselo zdorovʹe obshchestva, a simvolom gosudarstvennoĭ morali byli devstvennit͡sy­vestalki, kotorye garantirovali ėkonomicheskoe prot͡svetanie strany. Avtor okhvatil bolee chem tysi͡acheletniĭ period, opisyvai͡a mnogikh zhenshchin, rodivshikhsi͡a v rimskikh provint͡sii͡akh i stavshikh chastʹi͡u rimskoĭ istorii.

Professor at Oxford University, fellow of the British Academy, the author of several studies of ancient history, John Percy Balsdon dedicated to the women of Ancient Rome. History Roman women — it is the long history of representatives of all strata of Roman society. Women never ruled Rome, but this does not mean that they did not participate in the formation of Imperial policy. From them, especially from the performance of their priestly duties, for example, depended on the health of the society and a symbol of public morality was devstvennosti, which guaranteed the economic prosperity of the country. The author covered more than a thousand-year period, describing many women born in the Roman provinces that became a part of Roman history.