Bibliograph

Caesars' wives, sex, power, and politics in the Roman Empire, Annelise Freisenbruch

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Caesars' wives, sex, power, and politics in the Roman Empire, Annelise Freisenbruch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Caesars' wives

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

555639778

Responsibility statement

Annelise Freisenbruch

Sub title

sex, power, and politics in the Roman Empire

Table Of Contents

Introduction: I, Claudia? -- Ulysses in a dress : the making of a Roman first lady -- First family : Augustus's women -- Family feud : the people's princess and the women of Tiberius's 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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