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Veerginia Women's Rights
In recent history, a focal point of attention has been placed on the issue of Women's Rights and an increased role for women in society. One would think that the spirit of most of these sweeping social reforms can be traced back to ideas in Ancient Rome, but after reading Roman literature, I have come to realize that the role of women in ancient roman life was an incredibly small one. It seems that in ancient Rome, women were seen as equal, but were anything but in practice. In the stories of Lucretia and Verginia, both women aren't really a key part of the story, but rather just a problem or inciting incident of the story. One could see this to an extreme degree in the story of Verginia, where in the text Verginia says next to nothing the
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