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In the eyes of Roman law, women had a legal situation of inferiority compared to men. Thus, law restricted women from participating in public office, such as practicing law, being judges or holding any of the judiciaries. 

But the royal Roman midwife was much more than a housewife. Classical sources provide news of women who gained access to the public sphere to make use of their voice, breaking with the traditional role that had been assigned to them. We have received news of the lawyers Carfania and Maesia, of Cornelia, mother of the Gracchus, or of Julius Caesar's own mother, Aurelia. But also about women who were involved in the fight for power, participating openly or in the shade. Examples include Servilia, mother of Marcus Brutus, the orator Hortensia, Clodia the rebel or Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus, without forgetting Octavia, wife of Marco Antonio and sister of Augustus. 

These women came to hold the same power as many of the men who ruled Rome. They had great communication skills and political, economic and legal knowledge. The best example of them all was Fulvia. 
 
This activity can be done individually, in pairs or in groups, in a classroom equipped with computers, considering it as a contest. 
 
The activity has been assigned to 2nd of ESO, but it can be adapted to the level of 3rd or 4th of ESO in Classical Culture. It can also be tackled in the subject of Latin of 4th of ESO. 

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The activity consists of reading and analyzing a document by Dio Cassius in which the character of Fulvia is alluded to, outraging Cicero's head, which had been cut off along with his hands. Reflection on the causes that motivated such a cruel act; debate on this procedure. 

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