Oppian Law
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- Created on: 14-05-14 07:59
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- Oppian Law
- the tribunes had influence over the magistrate who's opinion decided whether the law would be repealed
- they had right of veto against the magistrate
- Oppian law written in 215BC after the defeat at Hanninal
- Livy is writing about its repeal in 195BC in late 1 century
- the females spending was limited so they could divert money to pay for the war
- proposed by Gaius Oppius
- women could not own more than one ounce of gold and couldn't wear it multi-coloured
- could not ride in a carriage In the town or within half a mile of it
- unless there was a religious festival
- slaves were given in to be rowers
- Cato
- he viewed the females as acting inappropriately
- they didn't respect their husbands or the counsel who advised them to stay at home
- they blocked the streets to the city and every entrance to the forum so the tribunes had to hear their voice
- by talking to men that were not relatives they were not caring for their dignity or modesty
- having too much control
- at homes the males are lacking authority so the females are receiving more power with family situations
- they then what this power in they everyday lives and want to vote
- at homes the males are lacking authority so the females are receiving more power with family situations
- he claims the females are more charming in public than with their own husbands
- questions their infidelity
- when they were running round the streets it was unbridled and unmastered
- their ancestors wishes
- disrespectful because they shouldn't be conducting any business without a guardian
- female should have a lower statues to men so males have control
- but the females are putting limits on their freedom
- if they get control then they will find other ways to get power
- the more control they get they more they become their equals and eventually their superiors
- the females will not want to spend all day at home working, they will feel that they have a right in more important matters
- the femals will feel they can spend more and will do so because their husband will think they should show them more respect
- the more control they get they more they become their equals and eventually their superiors
- the women will then want all these luxuries and if their husband cannot give to her then she will get them from someone else
- unfaithful and the husband will be mortified
- he viewed the females as acting inappropriately
- Lucius Valerius
- criticises Cato for spending more time insulting the women than providing a case to why the law shouldn't be repealed
- he thinks the law should be repealed because they're no longer under the circumstances that forced them to bring the law
- the origines (all the goof the females have done for the state
- the matrons gave away their gold to pay the ransom to the gaulds
- the women intervened in the battle in formum between the sabines
- this halted the battles ad stopped Rome from being destroyed
- the widows gave their treasury to the sate to pay for war
- the when new gods were being summoned to bring their power to the Rome difficulties they went to sea to meet the Idaean mother
- when the Sabine men came back for their wives the Sabine women refused to leave
- the law was unnecessary in the first place
- the females wouldn't be spending anyway because they were in mourning
- unfair because the men were still aloud to wear purple and gold
- the men's horses are aloud to wear purple so this makes the females feel like they have a low statues
- they might then start acting disrespectfully because they're being treated disrespectfully
- will lower the females impression of Rome because they will feel they're inferior to foreign women due to their lack of gold
- the men's horses are aloud to wear purple so this makes the females feel like they have a low statues
- the things that females are not aloud to take part in
- priesthoods
- badges of office
- magistrates
- spoils of war
- elegance, finery and beautiful clothes are their interests
- Frome examples of widows and orphans he feels women hate freedom and like to be controlled by a man
- if the law is repealed they will have control because the female will need guidance
- the next day the females block the entrances till the brutuses took back their veto
- the tribunes had influence over the magistrate who's opinion decided whether the law would be repealed
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