Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World
From the Palaeolithic to the Byzantines

This book recounts the fascinating lives of thirty real women of the ancient Mediterranean from the Palaeolithic to the Byzantines.

Guy D. Middleton (Author)

9781108481137, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 February 2023

314 pages
26 x 18.2 x 2 cm, 0.8 kg

In this book, Guy D. Middleton explores the fascinating lives of thirty real women of the ancient Mediterranean from the Palaeolithic to the Byzantine era. They include queens and aristocrats, such as the Pharoah Hatshepsut and the Etruscan noblewoman Seianti; Eritha and Karpathia, Bronze Age priestesses from the Aegean; a Pompeiian prostitute called Eutychis; the pagan philosopher Hypatia and the Christian saint Perpetua, from North Africa, as well as women from smaller communities. Middleton uses a wide range of archaeological and historical evidence, including burials and funerary practices, graffiti, inscriptions and painted pottery, handprints, human remains and a variety of historical texts, as well as the latest modern research. His volume weaves together the stories of real women, placing them firmly in the spotlight of history. Engagingly written and up-to-date in its scholarship, Middleton's book offers new insights for students and researchers in Ancient History, Archaeology and Mediterranean Studies, as well as in Women's History.

I. The Deep Past: 1. Women in caves
2. A woman of Çatalhöyük
3. A woman of Gozo
II. The Bronze Age: 4. Merneith
5. Šimatum and Kirum
6. The woman of Almoloya
7. The priestess of Anemospilia
8. Hatshepsut
9. Puduhepa
10. Eritha and Karpathia
11. Hatiba
III. The Iron Age: 12. Naunakhte
13. Herse
14. Pkpupes
15. Atossa
16. The Princess of Vix
17. Aristonice
18. Neaira
19. Phanostrate
IV. The Hellenistic and Roman Worlds: 20. Olympias
21. Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa
22. Terentia
23. Mariamne
V. The Age of Empire: 24. Cleopatra Selene
25. Eutychis
26. Achillia and Amazon
27. Perpetua
28. Zenobia
29. Hypatia
30. Theodora.

Subject Areas: Classical Greek & Roman archaeology [HDDK]