Women and Animal Sacrifice in Public Life

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ID20064346
AuthorsJames Rives, James B Rives (corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages129-146
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueWomen and the Roman City in the Latin West (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004255951_009
OpenAlexW2291162070
ISBN9789004255951
LanguageEN
Citations received7

In evaluating the scarcity of evidence for the participation of women in animal sacrifice, we need to take into account our more general lack of information about the details of sacrificial practice in the western Roman empire. This chapter first reviews the evidence for three categories of people who are likely to have presided over animal sacrifices: magistrates, priests, and benefactors. It then discusses the likelihood of women serving in these various roles. Having done this, the chapter helps the reader to gauge the extent to which women were likely to have presided over animal sacrifices by considering how frequently and in what contexts they filled those social roles. Keywords:animal sacrifice; magistrates; priests; public benefactors; public life; western Romanempire; women

Archaeology · Economics · Environmental ethics · Political science · Public life · Sacrifice · Scarcity · Social life · Social science · Sociology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Law · Philosophy

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