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The result is impressive: the sample alone of 1,400 published inscriptions, helpfully listed and ordered in a 225-page appendix, makes this an essential reference work for any researcher interested in the civic roles of Roman women. Further, Hemelrijk's decision to exclude evidence from Rome and imperial women, which often biases and dominates discussions of women's public roles, allows for a far fuller discussion of elite female commemoration and participation in the civic sphere...The quality of Hemelrijk's scholarship cannot be questioned... As Hemelrijk anticipates, the book is ideally used as a reference work to be dipped into by scholars and graduate students, depending on their interest. Each chapter stands alone well...the footnotes present a fantastic and generous resource to those wishing to investigate a topic further. There is no doubt that this book will provide the catalyst for much further research and discussion. --Helen Ackers, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The result is impressive: the sample alone of 1,400 published inscriptions, helpfully listed and ordered in a 225-page appendix, makes this an essential reference work for any researcher interested in the civic roles of Roman women. Further, Hemelrijk's decision to exclude evidence from Rome and imperial women, which often biases and dominates discussions of women's public roles, allows for a far fuller discussion of elite female commemoration and participation in the civic sphere...The quality of Hemelrijk's scholarship cannot be questioned... As Hemelrijk anticipates, the book is ideally used as a reference work to be dipped into by scholars and graduate students, depending on their interest. Each chapter stands alone well...the footnotes present a fantastic and generous resource to those wishing to investigate a topic further. There is no doubt that this book will provide the catalyst for much further research and discussion. --Helen Ackers, <em>Bryn Mawr Classical Review</em>

Anyone engaged in research on the civic lives of women in the Roman West must consult this book, for it is the most comprehensive examination in this field of study and corrects certain misguided views on Roman women based mainly on literary sources. -- Rachel Meyers (Iowa State University), T he Journal of Roman Studies Vol.107 Hemelrijkas study helps to redefine both our notions of the roles of Roman women in their local communities and our perceptions of gender at work in the economic and political environments of Roman cities. This is a must read for classicists working on gender in the Roman empire, and especially for teachers of courses on women and gender in the Roman world. -- Elizabeth F.Mazurek (University of Notre Dame), Phoenix: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada. The result is impressive: the sample alone of 1,400 published inscriptions, helpfully listed and ordered in a 225-page appendix, makes this an essential reference work for any researcher interested in the civic roles of Roman women. Further, Hemelrijk's decision to exclude evidence from Rome and imperial women, which often biases and dominates discussions of women's public roles, allows for a far fuller discussion of elite female commemoration and participation in the civic sphere...The quality of Hemelrijk's scholarship cannot be questioned... As Hemelrijk anticipates, the book is ideally used as a reference work to be dipped into by scholars and graduate students, depending on their interest. Each chapter stands alone well...the footnotes present a fantastic and generous resource to those wishing to investigate a topic further. There is no doubt that this book will provide the catalyst for much further research and discussion. --Helen Ackers, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Emily A. Hemelrijk is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on Roman women. Her books include Matrona Docta: Educated Women in the Roman Élite from Cornelia to Julia Domna and the edited volumes Roman Rule and Civic Life: Local and Regional Perspectives, with Luuk de Ligt and H.W. Singor, and Women and the Roman City in the Latin West, with Greg Woolf.

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