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Author Burns, Jasper

Title Great women of Imperial Rome : mothers and wives of the Caesars / Jasper Burns
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2006

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Half Title: Great Women of Imperial Rome; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Maps; Genealogical Tables; Introduction; 1 Livia; 2 Antonia; 3 Agrippina the Elder; 4 Agrippina the Younger; 5 Domitia Longina; 6 Plotina; 7 Sabina; 8 Faustina the Elder; 9 Faustina the Younger; 10 Julia Domna; 11 Julia Mamaea; 12 Epilogue; Appendix; Numismatic References; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Drawing from a range of documentation, this book characterizes eleven royal women who are brought visually to life through photographs of over 300 ancient coins and through the author's own illustrations. It examines the wives, daughters, sisters and mothers of emperors. It is useful for numismatists, students and scholars
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Subject Women -- Italy -- Rome -- Biography
Women -- Rome -- Biography
Nobility -- Italy -- Rome -- Biography
Nobility -- Rome -- Biography
Nobility.
Women.
SUBJECT Rome (Italy) -- History -- To 476. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115199
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115128
Subject Italy -- Rome.
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Biographies.
History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203967070
9780203967072
1281158399
9781281158390