Suzanne Dixon (born 1946) is an Australian classical scholar, widely recognised as an authority on women's history and particularly marriage and motherhood.

Career

Dixon's career spans posts at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

as well as the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

, where she was first reader, then Professor, in Classics and Ancient History. Her expertise on the position of women in the ancient world was recognised by the

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website, by whom she was asked to curate an educational resource on Roman women.

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, currently professor of Classics at the

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, has cited Dixon as a great influence in shaping her own work on

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. Her 1992 monograph 'The Roman Family' is credited with being one of the key texts in the field. She is currently without an academic post, but continues writing about the ancient world in a freelance capacity, such as her contribution as Honorary Research Consultant to a chapter on

Roman marriage Marriage in ancient Rome () was strictly a monogamous institution: a Roman citizen by law could have only one spouse at a time. The practice of monogamy distinguished the Greeks and Romans from other ancient civilizations, in which elite males typ ...

in ''The Wiley Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds''.

Personal life

Dixon lives on an island in

Moreton Bay Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia from central Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are ...

, off the coast of South

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, Australia.

Publications

Articles * 'Infirmitas Sexus: Womanly Weakness in Roman Law', Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review, 1984, Vol.52(4), pp. 343–371 * 'Breaking the law to do the right thing: the gradual erosion of the Voconian Law in ancient Rome',

Adelaide Law Review The ''Adelaide Law Review'' is a scholarly refereed law journal based at the University of Adelaide. It is published twice a year by the Adelaide Law Review Association of the University of Adelaide's Faculty of Law.American Journal of Philology The ''American Journal of Philology'' is a quarterly academic journal established in 1880 by the classical scholar Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve and published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. It covers the field of philology, and related areas ...

, 1 July 1985, Vol.106(2), pp. 147–170 * 'Gracious Patrons and Vulgar Success Stories in Roman Public Media', Memoirs of the

American Academy in Rome The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill) in Rome. The academy is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. History In 1893, a group of American architects, ...

. Supplementary Volumes, 1 January 2008, Vol.7, pp. 57–68 Monographs * The Roman Mother (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987) * The Roman Family (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992) * Reading Roman women (London: Duckworth, 2001) * Cornelia: mother of the Gracchi (London: Routledge, 2007) Edited collections * Stereotypes of women in power : historical perspectives and revisionist views. Edited by Barbara Garlick, Suzanne Dixon, and

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(Newport: Greenwood, 1992) * Childhood, class and kin in the Roman world. Edited by Suzanne Dixon (London: Routledge, 2001) Book chapters * 'Family Finances: Terentia and Tullia', in: The Family in Ancient Rome: New Perspectives. Edited by Beryl Rawon (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987) * 'Exemplary housewife or luxurious slut: cultural representations of women in the Roman economy', in: Women's influence on classical civilization. Edited by Fiona McHardy and Eireann Marshall (London: Routledge, 2004) * 'Family', in: The Oxford handbook of Roman law and society. Edited by Paul J. du Plessis, Clifford Ando, and Kaius Tuori (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016)

References

External links

Suzanne Dixon
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