Forma Urbis International Magazine - Autumn 2016

In this issue

This issue focuses on women trough history from ancient Mesopotamia to witches in the Middle Ages. SUMMARY: Preface by Christopher Smith Leader: Women in Delphi by Simona Sanchirico The Mythopoesis of Creation in Ancient Mesopotamia. Female Archetypes in the Psychical and Rhetorical Transmission of Good Governance by Marco Ramazzotti Etruscan Women: Wives and Mothers by Gilda Bartoloni and Federica Pitzalis Etruscan Women and Greek Women: Two Examples from the Spina Necropolis by Valentino Nizzo Women of Ancient Greece in Myth and in History: “A Gift” and “a Plague to Men Who Eat Bread” by Chiara Terranova The Emperors’ Women: Businesswomen as well as Wives? by Francesca Cenerini Femicide and Stalking in Ancient Rome by Anna Pasqualini Women of the Conquered Territories – Conflict and Integration on the Edges of the Empire by Silvia Aglietti Helena, Mother of Constantine A Woman in the Shadow of Power by Elena Calandra The Women of the Warriors Who Came from the North by Manuela Catarsi The Origins of Witchcraft in the Middle Ages by Valeria Beolchin