Abstract
By investigating female benefactors in the Latin West, this chapter aims to achieve a better insight into their contribution to their respective cities and to contribute to a more differentiated view of civic munificence in the Latin West. Civic munificence integrated women into public life and provided them with a way to acquire local dignitas . To benefactresses of sub-elite rank, it brought social recognition and an increase in status, which also benefited the careers of their children and descendants. The public esteem and authority ensuing from civic munificence must also have been attractive to women of the elite. For them, civic munificence was one of the few ways in which they could leave their mark on the city. Combining their public prominence with the traditional female virtues, civic benefactresses are presented as both ideal citizens and exemplary matrons. Keywords:civic munificence; female benefactors; Latin West; women
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