Livia
Subtitle: First Lady of Imperial Rome
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: January 11, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780300102987
Subjects: Biography: historical; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; Historical - General; Women; Biography & Autobiography / Historical
First sentence: The expulsion of the last hated king from Rome, an event dated traditionally to 510 BC, ushered in a republican form of government that was to endure for more than four centuries and which was regarded by later Romans, especially those from the elite levels of society, with pride and an often naive nostalgia.