The female exempla in the Ab Urbe Condita of Titus Livius (1st century BC)

• Grant number: 24/07367-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: September 16, 2024
• End date: November 29, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Ancient and Medieval History
• Principal Investigator: Andrea Lúcia Dorini de Oliveira Carvalho Rossi
• Grantee: Bruna Carolina Monteiro
• Supervisor: Rebecca Langlands
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (FCHS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Franca. Franca , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Exeter, Exeter, England
• Associated to the scholarship: 23/11533-1 - From the female body in Livy: female representations in book I of the work Ab Urbe Condita Libri(first century BC), BP.MS

Abstract

This study aims to examine the portrayal of female characters in the initial book of Livy's Latin historical work, Ab Urbe Condita, as exempla for women of their era and subsequent generations in Rome. It will consider the author's social background,originating from a Roman province. The research will engage with historiographical debates on gender studies and the dynamics between the feminine and masculine in Ancient Rome. We propose to carry out part of this research at the University of Exeter, where we believe that Professor Rebecca Langlands will be able to help us enrich research on exempla and the role of women in Rome in the first century BC.