Rasna women and women's names



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Board: Etruria
Topic: Women in Etruria 
Topic Editor: Nesnut Hatshepsut
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Message: Rasna women and women's names
Author: - Tuscus Sempronius 
Date: Jan 22, 1999 16:09
      One piece of evidence of the comparatively high status of women that has 
      always been quite telling for me is the abundance of proper names of women 
      in the inscriptions and on tombs.  While Roman women often made do with 
      feminine versions of their father's names (Julia, Fabia, etc.) there seems 
      to have been quite a number of unique Rasna women's names NOT derived from 
      men's.  I've been gathering Rasna names for some time (see my webpage for 
      a list), and find this a good antidote to people who claim that "so little 
      is known of the Etruscans."  For me, names are magic:  they're real, 
      localizable to a specific place, and connect me powerfully to the past.  








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