Society+and+Everyday+life

Society


 * Women were respected. But were expected to work in the home.
 * They were to cook, clean, sew and maintain the household.



Everyday Life


 * ﻿Women were allowed to leave the house whenever they wanted.
 * Go shopping
 * Have vistors if wanted.
 * Women were not allowed to drink wine. But used grape juice for a substiute.
 * May sound crazy but there was a law called [|Oppian Law].
 * This law was where no women could possess more than half an ounce of gold.
 * Or wear a dress dyed in a variety of colors.
 * This law was no longer a law after twenty years.