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Women in power Flashcards

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In the Classical Period Athens was not governed by …

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A king

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Athenian matters of political importance were…[2]:

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  • Disscussed and voted on

- By assembly

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Assemblywomen [4]:

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  • Athenian play
  • Written by Aristphanes
  • Satirical (comedical)
  • The play centers around a Kyria named Praxagora and a group of women she has recruited
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The Assemblywomen plot [4]:

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  • Praxagora has devised a scheme to take power from the men in Athens and give it to the women
  • They disguise themselves as men and infiltrate the Assembly
  • They will force a vote on whether political power in athens should be given to the women
  • As the women gather together they talk about their husbands in a comedic manner
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In the ‘Assemblywomen’ women are presented as…[4]:

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  • Unreliable
  • Vain
  • Obssessed with sex
  • Obssessed with alcohol
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The trial of Agnodice [5]:

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  • Agnodice was a female doctor disguised as a man
  • She was very popular with her female patients
  • The husbands thought their wives were having an affair with Agnodice
  • There was a court trial which revealed Agnodice was posing as a man
  • The woman pleaded Agnodice’s case so that she would be able to legally carry out her medical practice
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Before Agnodice women were not legally allowed to be…

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doctors

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The structure of the Roman senate [5]:

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  1. The emperor
  2. The two consuls
  3. Praetors
  4. Aedile
  5. Quaestors
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The 2 consuls =

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The republic

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Roman women were not allowed to…[2]:

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  • Stand in office

- Vote

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The Catilinarian Conspiracy [3]:

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  • Lead by a Roman Man called Catiline
  • It was a plot devised to overthrow the republic
  • Ultimately the conspiracy failed
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Catiline [3]:

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  • He was from a wealthy family
  • He had some political talent so he run for the consulship and failed several times
  • This was very expensive, rendering him almost bankrupt in 63bc
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One of Cataline’ smost appealing promises to his follwers was to…

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Cancel all debt after his revolution

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Many of Cataline’s supporters were in a similar…

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financial situation to Cataline

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The events of the Castilinarian Conspiracy were recorded by…

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The historian and polititian Sallust

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Who was Sempronia? [3]:

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  • She was the wife of a Prominent senator
  • She was from a wealthy and influential family
  • According to Sallust she was highly accomplished
17
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Who was Sempronia’s husband? [2]:

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  • Decimus Junius Brutus

- He had been cnsul in 77 BC

18
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What were Sempronia’s talents? [5]:

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  • She knew Greek and Roman literature
  • She could sing
  • Play music
  • Dancing
  • She was Beautiful
19
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Although Sallust never outlines exactly what Sempronia did he says that Cataline recruited women to…[2]:

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  • Win the support of their slaves and husbands

- He even implies that they would have been asked to murder their husbands if they could not be persuaded

20
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Sempronia was a dark mirror of…

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the ideal matrona

21
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Sallust describes Sempronia as…[3]:

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  • Beautiful and talented
  • He also accuses her of breaking oaths
  • He accuses her of being privy to murder and adultery
22
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Sempronia was never prosecuted for her role in the conspiracy because….

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Roman law did not recognise the posibility that women could commit treason as they were legally excluded from the world of politics

23
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Sempronia quotes [3]:

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  • “She was more elegant than an honest woman should be”
  • “Her lstful nature burned so much that she persued men more often than she was persued”
  • “She was well versed in Greek and Latin literature”
24
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Where did the Athenian assembly meet?

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The Pryx

25
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How often did the Athenian assembly meet?

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Every 9 days

26
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What were the criteria someone had to meet before they were allowed to attend the Athenian assemby? [2]:

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  • They had to be an Athenian citizen

- They had to serve 2 years in the army

27
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What was the highest elected office in the Roman senate?

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The consul

28
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How did the women of Rome bring about the repeal of the Oppian law?

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They banned together and protested to raise the issue to the men

29
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What was the Oppian Law?

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The Oppian Law was passed, limiting the amount of gold that each woman could possess to half an ounce.

30
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What does the protest approach suggest about Women’s influenc in Roman poltics?

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They had some power but only by relying on or convincing the men in their lives

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