Claudia the vestal virgin / John Scheid -- Cornelia the matron / Corrado Petrocelli -- Fulvia the woman of passion / Catherine Virlouvet -- Lycoris the mime / Giusto Traina -- Livia the politician / Augusto Fraschetti -- Perpetua the martyr / Emanuela Prinzivalli -- Helena Augusta: from innkeeper to empress / Franca Ela Consolino -- Hypatia the intellectual / Silvia Ronchey -- Melania the saint / Andrea Giardina.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-237) and index.