Great Women of Imperial Rome: Mothers and Wives of the Caesars

by Jasper Burns

Book Overview

Drawing from a broad range of documentation this book vividly characterizes eleven royal women who are brought visually to life through photographs of over 300 ancient coins and through the author's own illustrations.

Spanning the period from the death of Julius Caesar in 44BC to the third century AD, and with an epilogue surveying empresses of later eras, the author's compelling biographies reveal their remarkable contributions towards the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415408970
• ISBN13: 9780415408974
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"