Margaret L Woodhull
I currently direct a graduate interdisciplinary studies program at the University of Colorado Denver. I am also finishing up a manuscript for my book, Women Building Rome: Gender and the Built Environment from Early to High Empire. The book examines monuments built by or for imperial women in the context Rome's urbanscape. It frames these monuments within the politics of building and female agency (or lack thereof) as it evolved over time in the emperor's city.
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Supervisors: Penelope J. E. Davies and John R. Clarke
Phone: 303-315-3568
Address: University of Colorado Denver
1201 Larimer St., Ste. 3301
Denver, CO 80204
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century in order to better understand the nature of her autonomy as a woman of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. The enigmatic elder sister of the empress Sabina, Matidia Minor left few traces of her early life at court during the Trajanic-Hadrianic era. However, recent excavations of
Suessa Aurunca prove that Matidia Minor was a prolific benefactress.
With the excavation well-published, Matidia’s biography is better studied than ever. The discovery of her unparalleled portrait has shifted the frame of reference for the study of Roman women’s portraiture. Yet, to date, Matidia Minor’s energetic activities have received little attention
in relation to other elite women’s contributions to publica magnificentia elsewhere in the Empire. This article compares Matidia Minor’s patronage at Suessa Aurunca to comparable benefactions by women from different parts of the Empire. It argues that Matidia Minor’s beneficence reflects her ambiguous place among women of the Nerva-Antonine court.
century in order to better understand the nature of her autonomy as a woman of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. The enigmatic elder sister of the empress Sabina, Matidia Minor left few traces of her early life at court during the Trajanic-Hadrianic era. However, recent excavations of
Suessa Aurunca prove that Matidia Minor was a prolific benefactress.
With the excavation well-published, Matidia’s biography is better studied than ever. The discovery of her unparalleled portrait has shifted the frame of reference for the study of Roman women’s portraiture. Yet, to date, Matidia Minor’s energetic activities have received little attention
in relation to other elite women’s contributions to publica magnificentia elsewhere in the Empire. This article compares Matidia Minor’s patronage at Suessa Aurunca to comparable benefactions by women from different parts of the Empire. It argues that Matidia Minor’s beneficence reflects her ambiguous place among women of the Nerva-Antonine court.