Social position of woman in antient Rome

Rad se bavi položajem žene u antičkom društvu te opisuje njezinu ulogu kroz životna razdoblja, od rođenja do smrti. Opisuje se uloga i položaj žene pri rođenju, u djetinjstvu, u obrazovanju, u braku, u smrti i kroz epitafe na nadrobnim spomenicima.Na temelju relevantne literature govori se o obrascu ženina života, opisuju se društveni i pravni aspekti njenog položaja. Pojašnjava se sustav vrlina i idealizacije žene kao supruge. Donosi se opis rođenja s ženskog aspekta kroz sudjelovanje rodilje i primalje u procesu rađanja. Opisuje se izlaganje djece te se pojašnjavaju razlozi za izlaganje. Kroz djetinjstvo i obrazovanje žena i specifičnosti brakova i bračnih ceremonija pojašnjava se životna važnost tadašnje žene. Uzorne žene koje su se živjele prema predožbi savršenstva dobivale su status matrone i univire. Kako bi se dobila potpunija slika i raspon društvenih uloga, opisuju se smrt i epitafi na nadgrobnim spomenicima. Na primjeru pojedinih epitafa nastoji se dobiti opći stav Rimljana prema ženama.This paper tackles the position of women in ancient society and depicts her role throught their life, from birth to death. Illustrating the role and position of women from birth, childhood, in education, marriage, death and through epitaphs. Chronicling the standard of a woman's life based on relevant literature, describing the inner workings of their societal and legal aspects of life and their stature. Clarifying the systems of virtue and the idealisation of women as wives. Bringing a description of birth from a woman's perspective through the participation of parents and midwives in the proces of birth. Depicting and explaining the presentation of children. Through childhood and education of women and the uniqueness of marriage and it's ceremonies the vital importance of the woman of the time is detailed. Respectable women, who lived according to the notions of perfection gained the status of matron and univire. In order to finalise the picture and to depict the sheer span of societal roles, death and epitaphs from tombstones are detailed. With the example of several epitaphs striving to gain a general stance of Romans towards women