Agrippina

Emma Southon has a PhD in Ancient History and researches sex, the family, gender and religion. She co-hosts the podcast History is Sexy and works as a bookseller in Belfast. Agrippina was first published by Unbound in 2018. Emma is also the author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (2020) and her most recent book, A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women, was published in 2023. She lives in Belfast.www.emmasouthon.com / @nuclearteeth

'Southon delivers her research and speculations with enormous wit, a feminist outlook, and charming vulgarity. This sassy biography will rope in even those who think they’re not interested in ancient Rome' Publishers Weekly 'Contains fascinating vignettes of Roman life and explores why Roman authors wrote about women in the way that they did' New Statesman