Su primera edición en lengua inglesa fue publicada por Yale University Press en 2018.
Rústica editorial ilustrada con solapas. Fotografías en b/n y color.
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A fresh take on the lives of some of the famous and notorious women of ancient Rome, told with a discriminating eye for the not-so-subtle subtext in the sources. ( )

There is quite a bit of repetition in this book, but otherwise it presents a balanced view of the Julio-Claudian women who wielded power within the constraints of the first imperial Roman dynasty. Recommended for readers with an interest in ancient Roman history.

What I learned from this book about the Julio-Claudian imperial society is:
1) Much of the history of the imperial families was written later in secondary sources by individuals who had not lived contemporaneously with these rulers, and as such, these accounts include numerous rumors, revisions, judgments, and lies.
2) Primary historical sources are often limited to coinage, which was an efficient way to convey information to the large number of people living in the Roman empire. Current historians can infer meaning from these coins, but these interpretations are not definitive.
2A) Numismatics is pretty boring after 300 pages!
3) Violence toward women, especially within the domestic realm of marriage, was widespread and condoned.
4) Toxic masculinity existed in ancient Rome, too, based on the ways "effeminate" was used as a pejorative to denigrate men judged to be degenerate, weak, and accustomed to luxuries.
5) Wheeled vehicles were prohibited inside Rome--why did I not know this before?--so the use of a carriage, such as for Livia, was remarkable. ( )