SENACULUM, CZYLI SENAT KOBIET W HISTORIA AUGUSTA – DYSKURS ANTYCHRZEŚCIJAŃSKI CZY MIZOGINIZM?
SENACULUM, OR WOMEN’S SENATE IN THE HISTORIA AUGUSTA – ANTI-CHRISTIAN DISCOURSE OR MISOGYNY?

Summary/Abstract: The Historia Augusta [Augustan History] is a specific collection of imperial biographies, which confirms the fact that its author wrote his work under six fictitious pseudonyms and lied about the time of its creation. It is not obvious when the Historia Augusta exactly was written, but surely after the time indicated by the author. Saneaculum (the Women’s Senate) is mentioned in the Historia Augusta twice, but, as the work is full of false facts, it is likely that the Women’s Senate was made up by the author. Historians most often perceive this institution as a joke referring to the letters of Saint Jerome or the New Testament. In this article, it is shown that mentions about the Saneaculum should rather be interpreted as anti-feminist prejudice of the author of the Historia Augusta.

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