Freeborn women in ancient Rome were citizens (cives), but could not vote or hold political office. Because of their limited public role, women are named less frequently than men by Roman historians. Role of Roman men in society. The role of Roman men in society was considerably higher than women and slaves. The society was composed of free men as well as slaves and there were thousands of slaves in the empire. These slaves were an important factor that sustained the economy of the empire.the men where the heads of the family and more often then not joined the legion. The women where responsible for serving guest and where often dismissed as historians. the men unlike women could vote and had property rights.
fears that Congress might seize too many powers under the necessary and proper clause; concerns that republican government could not work in a land the size of the United States; and their most successful argument against the adoption of the Constitution — the lack of a bill of rights to protect individual liberties.
