![]() The one exception to this is the poetry of Sulpicia (1st century BCE). Harvey notes that “we have almost no literary source that reveals a woman's perspective on her own life or the role of women in general” (59). It is not known how women felt about their position since almost all the extant literature from Rome is written by men. Women's status is made clear through the many works by male writers which deal with the subject in depth and well as various legislative decrees. Whether upper or lower class, women were expected to adhere to traditional expectations of behavior. ![]() Their virtues included sexual fidelity ( castitas), a sense of decency ( pudicitia), love for her husband ( caritas), marital concord ( concordia), devotion to family ( pietas), fertility ( fecunditas), beauty ( pulchritude), cheerfulness ( hilaritas), and happiness ( laetitia)…As exemplified by the power of the paterfamilias, Rome was a patriarchal society. Unlike men's virtues, women were praised for their home and married life. ![]()
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