Caesars' Wives : : Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire
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Introduction: I, Claudia -- Ulysses in a dress : the making of a Roman first lady -- First family : Augustus' women -- Family feud : the people's princess and the women of Tiberius' reign -- Witches of the Tiber : the last Julio-Claudian empresses -- Little Cleopatra : a Jewish princess and the first ladies of the Flavian dynasty -- Good empresses : the first ladies of the second century -- The philosopher empress : Julia Domna and the "Syrian matriarchy" -- The first Christian empress : women in the age of Constantine -- Brides of Christ, daughters of Eve : the first ladies of the last Roman dynasty -- Epilogue.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Free Press, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xxvi, 337 p. : ill., geneal. tables ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781416583035
1416583033
SUBJECTS
Emperors' spouses -- Rome -- Biography.
Empresses -- Rome -- Biography.
Wives -- Rome -- Biography.
Rome -- Biography.
Rome -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D.