Livia

Anthony A. Barrett, professor of classics at the University of British Columbia, is also the author of Caligula: The Corruption of Power and Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire.

“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