Viria Acte was born in Valencia Edetanorum, current Valencia, ca. 90 AD. She was an outstanding woman who, being a former slave, became a successful entrepreneur. She was the owner of a statue workshop that she run herself and that became very prestigious. She received many compliments and honours due to her work and her contributions to the city of Valencia.
She is not the only woman that we are aware of. Epigraphy has allowed us to know of many other women from the same period and others, what they did and where they were born or lived. They are spread throughout the Hispanic territory.
Here are the steps you must follow:
1- Your group has to choose -from the table below -as many women as your teachers tells you.
2- Research which archaeological remains can be found in the areas where those women lived or their surroundings (same province or region).
3- Place those remains on the map using their original name.
4- Create an index card following the example.
5- Prepare a presentation to show those remains to the rest of the class (it can be a Power Point presentation or similar, a mural, etc.).
Place the archaeological remains on the map.
TABLE
Some Latin toponyms
INDEX CARD
Choose at least one of the found Roman remain sites and create an index card with the following items:
NAME OF THE SITE (if it has one):
CURRENT PLACE:
WHAT IT WAS FOR:
WHAT ROMAN PROVINCE IT WAS IN:
PERIOD IT BELONGS TO:
DESCRIPTION (Add a picture):