The contribution focuses on some female figures, known through some Ostian inscriptions, who were able to connect their own name, as well as that of their male counterparts, to many areas of civic life through the construction, enlargement or restuaration of public buildings, the offering spectacles and the creation of foundations for the public good. These women show us the level of wealth they had attained and, on the other side, by the choice of the type of munificence, they reflect the choices of the matronae of the Roman aristocracy and of the imperial domus.

Il contributo pone l’accento su alcune figure femminili, note attraverso l’epigrafia ostiense, che si distinguono, a fianco dei loro omologhi maschili, per aver contribuito all’accrescimento e al decoro della colonia, mostrando da una parte la grande disponibilità finanziaria di cui godevano, dall’altra, nella scelta del tipo di intervento, come il modello di riferimento siano spesso state le grandi matrone dell’aristocrazia romana, se non addirittura le donne della domus imperiale.