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Did Roman women have more rights than ancient Greek women?

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The short answer is yes. The major legal difference is that Roman women could own property. There are others ways, however, that upper-class Roman women enjoyed more freedom than upper-class women in Classical Athens. read more

Roman women had more freedom than Athenian ones, while Spartan women had more freedom than Roman ones. Athens was known to be extremely restrictive of their women. It was traditionally believed that Sparta was an aberration and Athens the norm, in reality it seems they were both the more “extremes” in the Greek world. read more

Rome. Over time, Women's rights in Europe got better and better. Since Rome came after Greece time-wise, this probably means that the women of Rome had more rights than the Women of Greece. read more

Women in the ancient Greek world had few rights in comparison to male citizens. Unable to vote, own land, or inherit, a woman’s place was in the home and her purpose in life was the rearing of children. read more

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