The first ladies of Rome
Subtitle: the women behind the Caesars
By: Annelise Freisenbruch
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780224085298
Subjects: Social life and customs; Empresses; Biography; History
Other titles: Women behind the Caesars
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-367) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: I, Claudia; title: Ulysses in a dress : the making of a Roman first lady; title: First family : Augustus' women; title: Family feud : the people's princess and the women of Tiberius's reign; title: Witches of the Tiber : the last Julio-Claudian empresses; title: Little Cleopatra : a Jewish princess and the first ladies of the Flavian dynasty; title: Good empresses : the first ladies of the second century; title: The philosopher empress : Julia Domna and the Syrian matriarchy; title: The first Christian empress : women in the age of Constantine; title: Brides of Christ, daughters of Eve : the first ladies of the last Roman dynasty; title: Epilogue.