“Keep the Women out of the Camp!”
Women and Military Institutions in the Classical World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20080126 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jorit Wintjes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 15-59 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | A companion to women's military history (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004206823_003 |
| OpenAlex | W2592013260 |
| ISBN | 9789004206823 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This chapter surveys the realities of women’s participation in military affairs and discusses the available evidence for the roles women could play in military contexts within the framework of Greek and Roman societies. It focuses on two areas of women’s participation in military affairs outlined above their support in noncombat roles and their taking part in actual fighting. A distinct imbalance must be accepted because, in these two areas at least, there is much more relevant material extant in Greek than in Roman military history. Although the overall approach is to a certain extent rather narrow, the chapter shows that women’s involvement in war in antiquity is a field worthy of further research. Women continued to play active roles in war when it came to last-ditch defense efforts in the Hellenistic world, just as they had in Greek societies throughout the late archaic and classical periods. Keywords:archaic period; classical society; Greek world; Hellenistic Period; military institutions; Roman world; women
Aesthetics · Ancient Greek · Ancient history · Archaic period · Art · Classical period · Extant taxon · Hellenistic Period · Literature · Military history · Military operations other than war · Military science · Military sociology · Military theory · Political science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Gender Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |