| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 175 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Women of the ancient world |
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Women of the ancient world.
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| Contents |
Introduction : daughters and wives in Roman society of the late Republic -- Julia's parents and childhood -- Tensions of Julia's youth : the poetry of pleasure and the legislation of morality -- The rise of Marcus Agrippa -- Old enough to be her father : marriage to Agrippa -- Julia's homes : a domestic interlude -- The fatal marriage -- Julia's boys -- Julia's girls -- Julia in the judgement of posterity |
| Summary |
This scholarly biography details the life of an extraordinary woman in an extraordinary society.Julia Augusti studies the life of the only daughter of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and the father who sacrificed his daughter and her children in order to establish a dynasty.Studying the abundant historical evidence available, this biography studies each stage of Julia's life in remarkable detail:her childhood - taken from her divorced mother to become part of a complex and unstable family structureher youth - set against the brilliant social |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Julia, daughter of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 39 B.C.-14 A.D.
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Family
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| SUBJECT |
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. fast |
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Julia, daughter of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 39 B.C.-14 A.D. fast |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Families
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
Rome -- Princes and princesses -- Biography
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Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115125
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Rome -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203392426 |
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9780203392423 |
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9780415331463 |
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0415331463 |
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9780415331456 |
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0415331455 |
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