Roman Women

The Women Who Influenced the History of Rome

Paul Chrystal

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English

FONTHILL
01 May 2015

Generally women in ancient Rome led modest,

unobtrusive and restricted lives - apart, that is, from a number who broke the mould.

Using historical sources ( Livy, Suetonius, et al) as well as numismatic and sculptural evidence,

Rome Women details the lives of Rome's most influential women to examine, uniquely, what effect they had on

contemporary politics, and or how far they and their reputations and actions reflected and affected women generally in Roman society.

No existing book provides biographies of these extraordinary women and then examines the contemporary and later socio-political effects they had. Existing titles look at the bad women - notably the wives and mothers of emperors;

Rome Women does that but also, uniquely, examines the good women too: the icons and the role models. No other book puts all if this in a socio-political context to form valuable conclusions about the effect these women had on Roman politics and society

down the years.

Good women such as Lucretia and Cornelia and the loyal wives described by Tacitus and Pliny are covered as are less virtuous but sophisticated and permissive women such as Clodia, Sempronia, Cynthia and Delia.

The bad but politically significant are represented by Fulvia and Cleopatra (not a Roman but embroiled in things Roman) and many of the wives and daughter of the Emperors.

By: Paul Chrystal
Imprint: FONTHILL
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9781781552872
ISBN 10: 1781552878
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 May 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Chrystal is an author of more than twenty-five books and a broadcaster. Ten of his books are on York including A History of Chocolate in York (Pen & Sword, 2012) and The Rowntree Family of York (Blackthorn Press, 2013). He writes articles for national newspapers and regularly appears on the BBC World Service and BBC Local Radio. He is married with three children and lives near York.