Annelise Freisenbruch

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Nevada

Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire

Documents the stories of eight wives of Roman rulers, assessing their historical contributions and cultural influence and drawing parallels between modern first ladies and the lives of such ancient-world figures as Livia, Helena, and Julia.

Caesars' Wives

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The Women Behind the Caesars

The First Ladies of Rome is a richly detailed historical picture of some of those great women of Rome, born or married into the house of the Caesars. Opening at the dawn of the imperial age, the story begins with the rise of Livia, the first 'first lady', and proceeds to ghost the timeline of imperial Roman history through six dynasties and extraordinary events, to Galla Placida, captured by a rampaging Goth horde only to rise to become one of the last of the Roman empresses. In this remarkable work Annelise Freisenbruch casts a spotlight into every corner of the private and public lives of the most powerful and intriguing women in history. It shows how these women were moulded to match the political regimes of their emperors, be they fathers, husbands, brothers or lovers, as political assets or liabilities, playing the part as required of the virtuous consort, the sexually voracious schemer, the savvy political operator, the flighty bluestocking, the religious icon and the romantic heroine. It also delves into their everyday lives and the world of Rome - taking in education, clothing, health, sex lives, slaves, children, marriages, deaths, and their pivotal roles as political, artistic and architectural patrons. Using a full spectrum of the most up-to-date literary, artistic, archaeological and epigraphic evidence, this book reveals for the first time the rich kaleidoscopic history of these women's lives, and the vivid and complex role of the Roman empresses as political players on Rome's greatest stage

Category - Non Fiction / History

Format - Paperback

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Est. Publication Date - Oct 2011

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