Mucia Tercia: Roman Matron, political mediator. A state of the question
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https://doi.org/10.25145/j.fortunat.2019.29.007Keywords:
Mucia Tercia, Roman matron, Late Republic, Women’s historyAbstract
In his review of The Roman Revolution [RR], Arnaldo Momigliano alludes to the Roman matron Mucia Tercia, matron of the 1st century, known for being Pompey’s spouse (106-48) and mother of Sextus (ca. 66-35). Mucia was a figure with fascinating life experience and a real proof of the importance of women as political agents of influence and impact in the last century of the Roman Republic. Mucia witnessed other examples of women with significant importance in the high political sphere of the Republic: Servilia, Fulvia; Julia, daughter of the future princeps; or the very same princeps’ sister Octavia, among others.
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