A Rome of one's own : the forgotten women of the Roman Empire / Emma Southon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Southon, Emma, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History.

Rome.

Women--Rome--History.

Women.

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C.

Rome--History--Kings, 753-510 B.C.

Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

History

Informational works.

Physical Description:

404 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

US edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Abrams Press, 2023.

Summary:

"The history of Rome has long been narrow and one-sided, essentially a history of 'the Doing of Important Things,' and as far as Roman historians have been concerned, women don't make that history. From Romulus through the political stab-fest of the late Republic, and then on to all the emperors, Roman historians may deign to give you a wife or a mother to show how bad things become when women get out of control, but history is more than that. Emma Southon's A Rome of One's Own is the best kind of correction. This is a retelling of the history of Rome with all the things Roman history writers relegate to the background, or designate as domestic, feminine, or worthless. This is a history of women who caused outrage, led armies in rebellion, wrote poetry; who lived independently or under the thumb of emperors. Told with humor and verve as well as a deep scholarly background, A Rome of One's Own highlights women overlooked and misunderstood, and through them offers a fascinating and groundbreaking chronicle of the ancient world."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

The kingdom. Tarpeia and Hersilia 750 BCE: The traitor and the patriot

Tanaquil 616 BCE: The queen

Lucretia and Tullia 510 BCE: The virgin and the whore

The republic. Oppia 483 BCE: The vestal

Hispala Faecenia 186 BCE: The informer

Clodia 60 BCE: The Palatine Medea

Turia 46 BCE: The survivor

The empire. Julia Caesar 27 BCE: The princess

Cartimandua and Boudicca 60 CE: The client and the rebel

Julia Felix 79 CE: The Pompeii businesswoman

Sulpicia Lepidina 100 CE: The first lady of the camp

Julia Balbilla 130 CE: The poet

Perpetua 203 CE: The Christian martyr

Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea 222 CE: Mothers of the whole human race

Late antiquity. Zenobia 268 CE: The usurper Augusta

Melania the elder 373 CE: The saint

Galla Placidia 414 CE: The last Roman

Epilogue.

Notes:

"Originally published in Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, and Australia as A history of the Roman Empire in 21 women by OneWorld Publications"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-392) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Southon, Emma. Rome of one's own.

ISBN:

9781419760181

1419760181

OCLC:

1370127095