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In ancient Rome, the ordo matronarum ("order of the matrons") was a social designation of upper-class Roman women that may have been kept as an official registry, in the manner of the senatorial and equestrian orders for men. The term is used a few times in Roman literary sources and implied in other contexts that refer to matronae collectively in relation to the Roman state.
Valerius Maximus suggests that the designation of the matron in her capacity to serve the state goes back to the time of the legendary Coriolanus, whose wife and mother dissuaded him from taking vengeance against Rome after he was exiled. In recognition, the senate granted the privilege of wearing purple garments, vittae, and gold beadwork.[1]
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[edit]- ^ Gallia 2014, p. 225, citing Valerius Maximus 5.2.1.
Sources
[edit]- Chatelard, Aude (2016). "Women as Legal Minors and Their Citizenship in Republican Rome". CLIO, Women, Gender, History. 43. Translated by Anne Stevens: 24–46. JSTOR 26242541.
- Gallia, Andrew B. (2014). "The Vestal Habit". Classical Philology. 109 (3): 222–240. JSTOR 10.1086/676291.
- Gazzarri, Tommaso (2018). "Truculentus and the Abrogation of the Lex Oppia". Rheinisches Museum für Philologie. 161 (1): 1–21. JSTOR 45174341.
- Purcell, Nicholas (1986). "Livia and the Womanhood of Rome". Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society. 32: 78–105. JSTOR 44696918.
Category:Ancient Roman women
Category:Social classes in ancient Rome