Augustae nomine honorare: il ruolo delle Augustae fra ‘Staatsrecht’ e prassi politica

摘要

The role of women holding the title of Augustae in imperial Rome from Livia, the wife of Augustus, to Crispina, the wife of Commodus, is examined in the light of the juridical information provided from our sources, with special attention to their position in terms of public law and to their actual political functions.