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Throughout history woman have most importantly played roles as the mother and caregiver of the family and were not valued as important figures in society that allowed them a right to speak or to be heard. The most notable way in which a person can view and try to understand the role of women and how they were viewed in their society is by observing and studying the art in a certain society. From depictions …

…examples of woman portraits as portraying the entire woman population of that time period would be very hard to do and convince others of that fact. Most of this information comes from frescos, records and of skeletons extracted from the ruins of the city. There may be other aspects of these women’s lives that we know nothing about which might change our views of the lifestyle and role women played in the Roman period.