The Art of Spindling and Weaving in Ancient Rome

There is a myth of hercules. I can't remember his body, but he beats ut one of his bodies. And in punishment for injuring, he may have killed his friend, he is sentenced to spin with the ladies and wear a dress. So it's actully a punishment for him. But aside from that, women's work is essentially unchanged until you get a drive wheel attached to this to make it go a little faster. We see that in india in the fifth century with the charcoa wheel. Which doesn't come west into the greek and roman world. The egyptian spun top whirl, and that's how it gets introduced into the roman

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