Livia

First Lady of Imperial Rome

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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“First-rate.”—Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement Livia—wife of the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius—wielded extraordinary power at the center of Roman politics. In this biography of Livia, the first in English, Anthony A. Barrett sets aside the portrait of a cunning and sinister schemer to reveal Livia as a complex figure whose enduring political influence helped shape Roman government long after her death.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-02-25
Mått156 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt671 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor464
FörlagYale University Press
ISBN9780300102987

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“A first-rate collection of material.”—Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement“Barrett is an assured and often amusing guide.”—Mark Golden, Globe and Mail (Toronto)“An excellent biography.”—Patrick Madigan, Haythrop JournalSelected as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 by ChoiceMagazine“In his previous books on Caligula and Agrippina, Anthony Barrett has amply proven his competence as an imperial biographer. Now he adds an excellent biography of Livia—as appealing to the general reader as it is satisfying to the scholar.”—Colin M. Wells, Trinity University, San Antonio“The first full-length book in English on (probably) the most important woman in (all) Roman imperial history. Barrett combines painstaking study of the ancient evidence with full awareness of contemporary scholarship.”—Gwyn Morgan, University of Texas at Austin“In reading Anthony Barrett’s biography of Livia, I not only learned about this remarkable woman, but also gained a meaningful appreciation of life and society in her time.”—Howard Alper, president, Royal Society of Canada