Anthony Barrett Books
Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire
Agrippina the Younger attained a level of power in first-century Rome unprecedented for a woman. According to ancient sources, she achieved her success by plotting against her brother, the emperor...
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Livia: First Lady of Imperial Rome
"Livia (58 B.C. - A.D. 29) - wife of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius - wielded power at the center of Roman politics for most of her long life. Livia has been...
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