Domina, Guy de la Bedoyere
Domina, Guy de la Bedoyere
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Domina
The Women Who Made Imperial Rome

Author: Guy de la Bédoyère

Narrator: Julian Elfer

Unabridged: 12 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/18/2018


Synopsis

A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero—these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar of the era documents the Julio-Claudian women whose bloodline, ambition, and ruthlessness made it possible for the emperors' line to continue.

Eminent scholar Guy de la Bédoyère, author of Praetorian, asserts that the women behind the scenes—including Livia, Octavia, and the elder and younger Agrippina—were the true backbone of the dynasty. De la Bédoyère draws on the accounts of ancient Roman historians to revisit a familiar time from a completely fresh vantage point. Anyone who enjoys I, Claudius will be fascinated by this study of dynastic power and gender interplay in ancient Rome.

Reviews

My classics professor was an old boy who gleefully bought Dio and Seutonius' views of Julia and Agrippina (elder and younger). Years of reading and triangulating gave me a more realistic view, but it is only in the last generation of scholarship that a full range of sources (texts, coins, inscriptio......more

Goodreads review by Pritam

Title: Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome Author: Guy de la Bédoyère Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 22874 KB Print Length: 408 pages Publisher: Yale University Press (30 October 2018) Sold by: Amazon Asia-Pacific Holdings Private Limited Language: English Price: 2800/- In launching an assessment of......more

Behind every great man is a great woman ....... or is there. Guy de la Bedoyere, whom many might remember from his stint on Time Team as the resident Roman expert, has put together a well crafted narrative of the women behind the Imperial throne of the Roman Empire. It is, however, a narrow view, cen......more