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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 5 min.) ; 341332855 bytes |
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Professor Catherine Edwards travels across what was the heart of the Roman empire lifting the lid on the women behind some of the most fearsome emperors of all time. These women were PR weapons and fashion role models, patrons and matchmakers, politicians and plotters. Everything from murderers to murder victims, and from pagan goddesses to Christian saints. We see that women could pull the strings of power too, but only at great personal risk.Professor Catharine Edwards explores the story of the remarkable Livia, wife of the emperor Augustus, mother of the emperor Tiberius and a woman whose influence was felt across the Roman world for over 60 years. But as Catharine explains, imperial women who lacked perfect political judgement would end up not as leaders but as victims. Both Augustus's daughter Julia and his granddaughter Agrippina would die miserably in exile. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) PG CC Follow the conversation on twitter: #SBSDoco |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-12-27 at 19:35:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Agrippina, Minor, 15-59.
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Civil war.
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Empresses -- Biography.
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Romans -- Social life and customs.
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Discovery and exploration, Roman.
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Livia, Empress, consort of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, approximately 58 B.C.-29 A.D.
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Italy -- Rome.
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Streaming video
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Gerner, Elliott, director
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Edwards, Catharine, host
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