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Marble head of a Roman Lady, 1^st century A.D., illustrating "Roman Realism" rather than flattery. Affluent Roman matrons of the late Republican and early Imperial era had considerable influence and financial independence as the focal point of often large and powerful families. The postmenopausal period was therefore an important one for women in classical times. Then as now, there would be a tendency for weight gain, although historians at the time do not refer to the health consequences (see Maki et al. in this issue, pp. 23-30), possibly because the gains were more modest.

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