Unveiling the veil: cultic, status, and ethnic representations of early imperial freedwomen

To corroborate that the veil was the standard mode of dress that symbolized pudicitia (virtue or chastity) for Roman matrons during the Augustan period (27 BCE—CE 14), scholars have frequently turned to the ancient material record, especially funerary monuments depicting freedwomen. In this article...

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Main Author: Hughes, Lisa A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2007]
In: Material religion
Year: 2007, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 218-241
Further subjects:B Epigraphy
B Ethnicity
B Roman freedwomen
B pudicitia
B Legal
B Funerary
B Cult
B Veil
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