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Great Women of
Imperial Rome
Mothers and Wives of the Caesars
Jasper Burns
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GREAT WOMEN OF
IMPERIAL ROME
“All women, because of their innate weakness, should be under the control
of guardians,” writes Cicero, curtly summarizing the status of women in
Ancient Rome. Yet Roman women had more control than many believe.
Stories of female artists, teachers, doctors, and even gladiators are scattered
through the history of Imperial Rome; a Roman woman did not change her
name when she married, her husband could not control her property or
dowry, and she was free to divorce.
Royal women in particular – the wives, daughters, sisters and mothers of
emperors – have made a profound impression on Roman history, long over-
looked. This lively and attractive book vividly characterizes eleven such
women, spanning the period from the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC to
the third century AD and with an epilogue surveying empresses of later eras.
The author’s compelling biographies reveal their remarkable contributions
toward the legacy of Imperial Rome, often tinged with tragedy, courage, and
injustice.
• A pregnant Roman princess saves a Roman army through an act of
personal heroism.
• Three third-century empresses rule the most powerful state on earth,
presiding over unprecedented social and political reform.
• Though revered by her husband, an empress is immortalized in history
for infidelity and corruption by students of her greatest enemy.
Drawing from a broad range of documentation, Jasper Burns has painted
portraits of these exceptional women that are colorful, sympathetic, and
above all profoundly human. The women and their worlds are brought visu-
ally to life through photographs of over 300 ancient coins and through the
author’s own illustrations.
This book will be highly valuable to numismatists, students and scholars
of Roman history or women’s studies, and enjoyable to any reader.
Jasper Burns is a freelance author and illustrator. He has written numerous
books and articles on ancient history, prehistoric history, and numismatics.
 
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GREAT WOMEN OF
IMPERIAL ROME
Mothers and wives of the Caesars
Jasper Burns
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First published 2007
by Routledge
270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016
Simultaneously published in the UK
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,
an Informa business
© 2007 Jasper Burns
Typeset in Garamond 3 by
Florence Production Ltd, Stoodleigh, Devon
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic,
mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter
invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any
information storage or retrieval system without permission in
writing from the publishers.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available
from the British Library
ISBN10: 0–415–40897–0 (hbk)
ISBN10: 0–415–40898–9 (pbk)
ISBN10: 0–203–96707–7 (ebk)
ISBN13: 978–0–415–40897–1 (hbk)
ISBN13: 978–0–415–40898–1 (pbk)
ISBN13: 978–0–203–96707–1 (ebk)
 

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