WOMEN OF ANCIENT ROME

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• Women of Ancient Rome weren't taught how to write, so they were incapable of telling their own stories.
• Women would be punished for adultery, men would not.
• Wore orange veil and orange shoes for weddings.

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• They took baths as a whole community, as a daily ritual. All social classes freely mixed together.
• Women often married in early teens to someone in mid-20's.
• Women were not allowed to be active in politics.