Constructing Gender: Female Architectural Patronage in Roman Asia Minor and Syria in the First through Sixth Centuries CE

Authors

Grace K. Erny, Macalester CollegeFollow

Document Type

Honors Project

Comments

Advisor: Beth Severy-Hoven

Abstract

The patronage of architectural projects was a major way that prominent citizens of the Roman Empire shaped urban landscapes. These acts of patronage constituted a series of performances through which categories such as “male,” “female,” “public,” and “private” were constructed. In this paper, I use architectural, epigraphical, and literary evidence to analyze examples of female architectural patronage in the cities of Roman Asia Minor and Syria in the first through sixth centuries CE. I explore how these architectural performances contributed to an ongoing discourse about gender and the allocation of space.

Recommended Citation

Erny, Grace K., "Constructing Gender: Female Architectural Patronage in Roman Asia Minor and Syria in the First through Sixth Centuries CE" (2012). Classical Mediterranean and Middle East Honors Projects. 13.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/classics_honors/13