How did the attitudes toward women living in Classical Rome differ from women in Classical Greece? A) Roman women were considered legal citizens and could vote, whereas Greek women were considered property. B) Roman women had some legal rights and were able to attend public events, whereas Greek women were more secluded. C) Roman women could hold office and even served as empresses, whereas Greek women were forbidden from any public role. D) Romans included women in mythology and were seen as Goddesses, whereas Greek mythology did not include female deities.

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Priscilla

19 September, 17:02

How did the attitudes toward women living in Classical Rome differ from women in Classical Greece? A) Roman women were considered legal citizens and could vote, whereas Greek women were considered property. B) Roman women had some legal rights and were able to attend public events, whereas Greek women were more secluded. C) Roman women could hold office and even served as empresses, whereas Greek women were forbidden from any public role. D) Romans included women in mythology and were seen as Goddesses, whereas Greek mythology did not include female deities.

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Charlie Vega · Answer 1

B) Roman women had some legal rights and were able to attend public events, whereas Greek women were more secluded.

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In the Roman and Greek societies women weren't actually considered citizens and didn't have the right to vote, but in the Roman empire they had certain legal rights and were able to attend public events, in the other case with the greeks women were seeing as necessary for reproduction but weren't considered as citizens and didn't have the right to an opinion on the public matters.

Ellen Patrick · Answer 2

A - Roman women were considered legal citizens and could vote, whereas Greek women were more secluded.