| Description |
1 online resource (405 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Imperial Women of Rome Power, Gender, Context -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Map: The World of Rome's Imperial Women -- Introduction: Subjects and Sources -- 1. Rome's Imperial Women and Rome's Imperial Power -- 2. Crimes and Punishments of Imperial Women -- 3. Imperial Women within the Imperial Family -- 4. Imperial Women on Coins and in Roman Cult -- 5. Imperial Women's Mark on the City of Rome -- 6. Models and Exemplars: Statues of Imperial Women -- 7. Imperial Women Abroad, and with the Military |
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8. Conclusions: Agency and Constraints -- Appendix 1: Imperial Women and Their Life Events -- Appendix 2: Genealogical Tables of Imperial Families -- The Julio-​Claudian Family -- The Flavian Family -- The Second-​Century Imperial Family -- The Severan Family -- Appendix 3: List of Divae -- Consecrated Males until 235 CE -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- Index |
| Summary |
Using all available sources, Boatwright explores the constraints and activities of the women of Rome's imperial families from 35 BCE to 235 CE. Livia, Agrippina the Younger, Julia Domna, and others feature in this richly illustrated investigation of change, continuity, historical contingency, and personal agency in imperial women's pursuits and representations |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Marginality, Social -- Rome -- History
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Upper class women -- Rome -- History
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Upper class women -- Rome -- Social conditions
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Marginality, Social
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Upper class women
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190455903 |
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019045590X |
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