Julia Augusti : the emperor's daughter / Elaine Fantham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fantham, Elaine.

Series:

Women of the ancient world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Julia, daughter of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 39 B.C.-14 A.D.

Julia.

Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.

Families.

Rome--Princes and princesses--Biography.

Rome.

Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D--Family.

Augustus.

Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.

Rome--Social life and customs.

Rome (Empire).

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 175 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Julia, the only daughter of Emperor Augustus, became a living example of the Augustan policy. By her marriage and motherhood she encapsulated the Augustan reforms of Rome and helped secure a dynasty. An unidentified scandal, distorted or concealed in the ancient sources which led to her summary banishment, has discredited Julia, or at least clothed her in mystery. However, studying the abundant historical evidence available, this biography illustrates each stage of Julia's life in remarkable detail: her childhood - taken from her divorced mother to become part of a complex and unstable family structure, her youth - set against the brilliant social and cultural life of the new Augustan Rome, her marriages - as tools for Augustus' plans for succession, Julia's defiance of her father's publicized moral regime and implicit exposure of his hypocrisy by claiming the same sexual liberty he had once enjoyed. Reflecting new attitudes and casting fresh light on their social reality, this accessible but penetrating portrait from one of the foremost scholars of Augustan literature and history will delight, entertain and inform anyone interested in this engaging Classical figure.

Contents:

Introduction : daughters and wives in Roman society of the late Republic

Julia's parents and childhood

Tensions of Julia's youth : the poetry of pleasure and the legislation of morality

The rise of Marcus Agrippa

Old enough to be her father : marriage to Agrippa

Julia's homes : a domestic interlude

The fatal marriage

Julia's boys

Julia's girls

Julia in the judgement of posterity

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-169) and indexes.

ISBN:

0415331463

0415331455

0203392426

OCLC:

62872809

Publisher Number:

9780415331456

9780415331463

9870203392423

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