Educatio et alimenta puellis: Munificence or political tricks of emperors?

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dc.contributor.advisorGermany, Robert
dc.contributor.authorDerbew, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-21T19:09:30Z
dc.date.available2009-05-21T19:09:30Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractI aim to explore Trajan's motive for providing grand munificence to poor girls by examining depictions of poor girls on coins and his arch in Beneventum. I also explore the use of education as part of this political agenda of emperors to create this debt. Through my examinations, I suggest that Trajan used his munificence to create an obligatory debt to reduce the possibility of poor girls gaining freedom and autonomy. Emperors depended on these poor girls because when they became older, they had the ability to populate the Empire with their children. Their children then could become laborers and soldiers, or future vessels of more children for the Roman Empire.
dc.description.sponsorshipHaverford College. Department of Classics
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10066/3591
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rights.accessHaverford users only
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
dc.subject.lcshEmperors -- Rome
dc.subject.lcshPoor girls -- Rome
dc.subject.lcshExploitation -- Rome
dc.subject.lcshTrajan, Emperor of Rome, 53-117
dc.subject.lcshPolitical crimes and offenses -- Rome
dc.titleEducatio et alimenta puellis: Munificence or political tricks of emperors?
dc.typeThesis
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