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Author Freisenbruch, Annelise, 1977-

Title Caesars' wives : sex, power, and politics in the Roman Empire / Annelise Freisenbruch.

Publication Info. New York : Free Press, 2010.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  937.06 FREISENBRUCH    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  937.06 FREISENBRUCH    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  937.06 FRE    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  937.060 FREISENBRUCH    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  937.06 FR    Check Shelf
Edition First Free Press hardcover edition.
Description xxvi, 337 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: I, Claudia? -- Ulysses in a dress : the making of a Roman first lady -- First family : Augustus' women -- Family feud : the people's princess and the women of Tiberius' reign -- Witches of the Tiber : the last Julio-Claudian empresses -- Little Cleopatra : a Jewish princess and the first ladies of the Flavian dynasty -- Good empresses : the first ladies of the second century -- The philosopher empress : Julia Domna and the "Syrian matriarchy" -- The first Christian empress : women in the age of Constantine -- Brides of Christ, daughters of Eve : the first ladies of the last Roman dynasty -- Epilogue.
Subject Emperors' spouses -- Rome -- Biography.
Empresses -- Rome -- Biography.
Wives -- Rome -- Biography.
Rome -- Biography.
Rome -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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