Elaine Fantham studies the life of Augustus' only child, Julia, in a time of radical social, political and dynastic change which brought her from successful marriage and motherhood to disgrace and exile.
Autorentext
Elaine Fantham
Zusammenfassung
This scholarly biography details the life of an extraordinary woman in an extraordinary society.Julia Augusti studies the life of the only daughter of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and the father who sacrificed his daughter and her children in order to establish a dynasty.Studying the abundant historical evidence available, this biography studies 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 structureher youth - set against the brilliant social and cultural life of the new Augustan Romeher marriages - as tools for Augustus' plans for successionJulia's violation of her father's moral regime, and the betrayal of her absent husband.Reflecting new attitudes, and casting fresh light on their social reality, this outstanding biography will delight, entertain and inform anyone interested in this engaging Classical figure.
Inhalt
Introduction. Julia's Birth and Family. Julia's Girlhood. Marriage to Agrippa. Julia's Boys. The Grass Widow and Her Humiliation. Julia's Daughters. The Death of Augustus, and Ruin of the Julian Branch
Titel
Julia Augusti
Autor
EAN
9781134323432
ISBN
978-1-134-32343-2
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
27.09.2006
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
2.45 MB
Anzahl Seiten
200
Jahr
2006
Untertitel
Englisch
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