Vestal Virgins, Sibyls, and Matrons
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Takács offers a sweeping overview of Roman women's roles and functions in religion and, by extension, in Rome's history and culture during both the Republic and the Empire. She begins with the religious calendar and the various festivals in which women were significant and then examines major female deities and cults.
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