Reposted by Emma Bridges
A letter by Paterna (or whatever she's called). New blog post about the oldest writing by a woman in Britain, and why the claim to "the oldest" writing hides the point: literacy permeated Roman society, including women and enslaved people.
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Letter by Paterna-or-whatever-she’s-called, the oldest writing by a woman in Britain
This Saturday I’m going to the Roman Society’s annual colloquium, an afternoon of free talks that anyone can go to. Even though I’ve worked for the Society for some years doing th…
