The gender factor in ancient world: antiquity

Abstract

Modernity and modern history since the XIX century are oriented towards socio-economic and socio-political events and facts. However, in the twentieth century is becoming increasingly important a factor, which not taken into account by historians-positivists of earlier times. This factor, which is the principle of gender complementarity and the inclusion of female potential in history, is a factor of gender expectations. However, this factor was not only in socio-economic and political history, also in the ancient world. Therefore, the author of this article proves its presence in antiquity, using materials from sources of both historical and mythological
religious content. From the author's point of view, this evidence focuses on scientific research also on the recognition of the driving role of gender expectations the factor in ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. This evidence precedes the transition from gender equality in gender terms, proved on the material of Ancient Greece, to the development of preliminary trends in regional and world security (the ancient world) developing historically.