Download or read book The Public Lives of Ancient Women (500 BCE-650 CE) written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-02-13 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering a broad chronological and geographic range and a great variety of source types, this volume examines the presence and activities of ancient women in the public domain, for example as rulers, patrons, priestesses, wives, athletes and pilgrims.