Juno Sospita and Roman insecurity in the Social War

Schultz, Celia E.

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“…Obseq. 55 with Hänninen 1999a;Schultz 2006a;2006b, 26-28, 40, 42, 44;Flower 2015, 311-314;Kragelund 2018. 81 Schultz 2006a2006b, 27-28.…”

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Female Interventions in Politics in the libera res publica: Structures and Practices

Webb¹

2022

Leadership and Initiative in Late Republican and Early Imperial Rome

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This chapter charts the structures and practices of female interventions in politics in the libera res publica (509-27bce). Previous scholarship has emphasized the efflorescence of female political activity in the first century bce. Yet Greek and Roman authors retrojected such activity into their histories of early Rome: mytho-historical paradigms are the intercession of the Sabine women and of Veturia with Coriolanus. Furthermore, female benefactions saved Rome from financial and military crises in the fourth and third centuries bce. For such interventions, women received enduring privileges and status symbols. Moving beyond previous scholarship, I argue that the interventions of senatorial women like Servilia, Iulia, Terentia, Hortensia, and Octavia were not novel, but a manifestation of a long tradition of women seizing political initiative. This chapter outlines and evaluates some of the structures of female interventionsthe ordo matronarum, matronal meetings, and religious roles-and their practicesintercession, benefactions, and participation in family consilia. Through numerous formal and informal initiatives, inside and outside of the domus, women proactively engaged in the res publica.

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“…Obseq. 55 with Hänninen 1999a;Schultz 2006a;2006b, 26-28, 40, 42, 44;Flower 2015, 311-314;Kragelund 2018. 81 Schultz 2006a2006b, 27-28.…”

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Female Interventions in Politics in the libera res publica: Structures and Practices

Webb¹

2022

Leadership and Initiative in Late Republican and Early Imperial Rome

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“…Unfortunately, the votive material does not preserve any names of the deity or deities revered. On the other side of Lanuvium the great and famous sanctuary of Juno Sospita was situated, a goddess who may have been connected with women and childbirth, although she primarily had a military and political character (Schultz, 2006b;Hermans, 2012;Santi, 2014). The relationship between the grotto sanctuary and the sanctuary of Juno Sospita is unclear.…”

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Mater Matuta, ‘Fertility Cults’ and the Integration of Women in Religious Life in Italy in the Fourth to First Centuries Bc

Carroll¹

2019

Pap. Br. Sch. Rome

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This study explores social and gendered aspects of female fertility in popular religious practices in Italy in the last four centuries BC, and it investigates the role of supplication and votive dedications in promoting maternal health and family continuity. It tackles modern assumptions which have strongly aligned the religious activities of women in Republican Italy with their generative interests and specific ‘fertility cults’ or ‘women's goddesses’. Divinities associated with fertility are explored here, with particular emphasis on Mater Matuta who is often defined in modern research as a ‘mother goddess’. The study shows that cults purely concerned with fertility are unlikely to have existed. Fertility was only one of several fundamental personal concerns brought by women and men to the generalist and polyvalent deities of Republican Italy. Items associated with fertility, such as terracotta wombs, male and female genitals, and swaddled infants, always occur together with other anatomical ex-votos across a wide range of sites and were dedicated to many deities. Considering the archaeological and textual evidence, Mater Matuta can be shown to have occupied a more flexible and encompassing space in the pantheon, and her involvement in marriage, motherhood and childbearing was part of a wider repertoire of responsibilities. The study also focuses attention on a distinctive, but largely overlooked, votive assemblage from Capua which includes numerous tufa statues of women and babies. The paper proposes that they should be understood as votive objects offered to an unknown deity by Capuan women as thanks for support in the generative enterprise, personally and more broadly in the context of the city's religious and civic identity.

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“…Para profundizar en la interpretación en clave política de este episodio, poniéndolo en relación con el contexto de la Guerra Social, vid. Schultz, 2006b. Al respecto también son interesantes las consideraciones expuestas en Hänninen, 1999. Lidia González estrada 157 queda patente la estrecha relación entre la divinidad tutelar y su ciudad, tanto en la conformación de discursos identitarios -que pueden proporcionar una cohesión peligrosa para el estado romano en ciertos contextos -, como en la forma en que dichos discursos son percibidos y modificados por aquellos que los reciben, como es el caso de Roma.…”

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“…30-32;dury-moyaers y Renard, 1981, pp. 147-149;dury-moyaers, 1984;Schultz, 2006b;Hermans, 2012;Hermans, 2016;Valeri, 2016. Sobre el santuario de la diosa en Lanuvio vid.…”

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El atuendo de la diosa. Identidad y representación a través del ejemplo de Juno Sospita = The attire of the goddess. Identity and representation through the example of Juno Sospita

Estrada

2019

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Resumen: En este trabajo tratamos de examinar los distintos elementos que componen el atuendo de la diosa Iuno Sospita, que presenta una iconografía muy particular. El objetivo es analizar cada uno de los atributos que componen su imagen y utilizarlos como herramientas de interpretación que nos permitan ahondar en la verdadera naturaleza de la divinidad lanuvina, un tema que genera una gran controversia. Finalmente, pretendemos reflexionar sobre el carácter polisémico de estos códigos de representación visual, que pueden incorporar significados cambiantes al compás de la evolución histórica.Abstract: In this work we aim to examine the different elements that make up the attire of the goddess Iuno Sospita, which presents a very peculiar iconography. The goal is to analyse each of the attributes that comprise her image and use them as tools of interpretation that will allow us to delve into the true nature of the Lanuvian deity, an issue that generates great controversy. Finally, we aspire to reflect on the polysemic nature of these visual representation codes which can incorporate changing meanings in tune with historical evolution.Palabras clave: Atuendo, Diosa, identidad, Iuno, Lanuvio.Key words: Attire, goddess, identity, Iuno, Lanuvium.

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Juno Sospita and Roman insecurity in the Social War

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Female Interventions in Politics in the libera res publica: Structures and Practices

Female Interventions in Politics in the libera res publica: Structures and Practices

Mater Matuta, ‘Fertility Cults’ and the Integration of Women in Religious Life in Italy in the Fourth to First Centuries Bc

El atuendo de la diosa. Identidad y representación a través del ejemplo de Juno Sospita = The attire of the goddess. Identity and representation through the example of Juno Sospita

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