Women in Ancient Rome by MacLachlan Bonnie;

Author:MacLachlan, Bonnie; [MacLachlan, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1220347
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

MAESIA

Valerius Maximus pays tribute to several women besides Hortensia who displayed courage and skill. One woman who received his approval was Maesia of Sentinum who, instead of hiring an advocate, defended herself in court in 77 BCE.

“Maesia of Sentium as a defendant pleaded her own case when Lucius Titius was presiding over the court as praetor. She conducted this before a very large assembly of people, following through all the forms and components of her defence not only meticulously but even boldly, and she was acquitted at the first hearing and by almost a unanimous vote. They called her ‘Androgyne’, because underneath her womanly form she bore the spirit of a man.” (8.3.1)

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