Description: This book systematically examines the portrayals of women in Martial's Epigrams, proposing a new method of exploring the cultural construction of femininity in the Flavian age and demonstrating the extent to which the social roles and identities of women in ancient Rome were constructed and policed through semiotic categories.
Review Quotes: "After reading Women in Martial with appetite, interest and attention, it has already become one of my favorites. To my mind, it is a commendable, entertaining and serious piece of scholarship." -- Rosario Moreno Soldevila, Bryn Mawr Classical Review