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Agrippina the Younger : a dangerous woman in Rome's early empire / Mary T. Boatwright.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boatwright, Mary Taliaferro, author.
- Series:
- Women in antiquity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agrippina, Minor, 15-59.
- Agrippina.
- Empresses--Rome--Biography.
- Empresses.
- Rome--History--Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (some color), map.
- illustration
- polychrome
- map
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Firmly based on ancient literature and material evidence, this illustrated biography assesses the life of Agrippina the Younger (15-59 CE). Agrippina was declared 'unique' by Tacitus, ancient Rome's most insightful political historian, both for her own political standing and as the daughter of a triumphing general and the sister, wife, and mother of emperors - respectively, Caligula (r. 37-41), Claudius (r. 41-54), and Nero (r. 54-68). Tacitus and other ancient historians depict her with horrified fascination as they vividly chart her growing presence through tumultuous vicissitudes, ending with her murder by her son Nero in 59. Documentary evidence corroborates Agrippina as extraordinary. Among other 'firsts,' she is the first woman to be portrayed and identified on coins while alive; the first woman whose name is given to a veteran colony; and she appeared in more numerous statuary installations than known for earlier women.
- Contents:
- Agrippina’s youth (15–37 CE)
- Life under Caligula (37–41)
- Betwixt and between (41–48)
- At last, at the center (49–54 CE)
- Best of mothers, or Nero’s nemesis (54–59)
- Agrippina’s afterlife and legacy: conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on August 24, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version : Boatwright, Mary Taliaferro. Agrippina the Younger.
- ISBN:
- 9780190945855
- 0190945850
- 9780190945831
- 9780190945848
- 0190945834
- 0190945842
- OCLC:
- 1594929245
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000403808
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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