Women of the Ancient World

  • The Women of Pliny's Letters

    By Jo-Ann Shelton

    Pliny's letters offer a significant source of information about the lives of Roman women (predominantly, though not exclusively, upper-class women) during the late first and early second centuries CE. In the 368 letters included in his ten published books of epistles, Pliny mentions over 30 women…

    Hardback – 2012-11-16
    Routledge
    Women of the Ancient World

  • Cornelia

    Mother of the Gracchi

    By Suzanne Dixon

    Examining the remarkable life of Cornelia, famed as the epitome of virtue, fidelity and intelligence, Suzanne Dixon presents an in-depth study of the woman who perhaps represented the ideal of the Roman matrona more than any other. Studying her life during a period of political turmoil, Dixon…

    Paperback – 2007-05-21
    Routledge
    Women of the Ancient World

  • Julia Domna

    Syrian Empress

    By Barbara Levick

    This book covers Julia’s life, and charts her travels throughout the Empire from Aswan to York during a period of profound upheaval, and seeks the truth about this woman who inspired such extreme and contrasting views, exposing the instability of our sources about her, and characterizing a…

    Paperback – 2007-05-10
    Routledge
    Women of the Ancient World

  • Terentia, Tullia and Publilia

    The Women of Cicero's Family

    By Susan Treggiari

    Studying references and writings in over 900 personal letters, an unparalleled source, this book presents a rounded and intriguing account of the three women who, until now, have only survived as secondary figures to Cicero. In a field where little is really known about Cicero’s family, Susan…

    Paperback – 2007-04-12
    Routledge
    Women of the Ancient World

  • Julia Augusti

    By Elaine Fantham

    This scholarly biography details the life of an extraordinary woman in an extraordinary society. Julia Augusti studies the life of the only daughter of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and the father who sacrificed his daughter and her children in order to establish a dynasty. Studying the…

    Paperback – 2006-06-21
    Routledge
    Women of the Ancient World

  • Olympias

    Mother of Alexander the Great

    By Elizabeth Carney

    The definitive guide to the life of the first woman to play a major role in Greek political history, this is the first modern biography of Olympias. Presenting a critical assessment of a fascinating and wholly misunderstood figure, Elizabeth Carney penetrates myth, fiction and sexual politics and…

    Paperback – 2006-06-08
    Routledge
    Women of the Ancient World