A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women
Editorial ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS
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- Publisher ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS
- ISBN13 9780861542307
- ISBN10 0861542304
- Type BOOK
- Pages 416
- Published 2023
- Language English
- Bookbinding Hard cover
Subjects
History And Civilization RomanA History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women
Editorial ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS
Do you want to pick it up at the bookstore?
Mainland Spain
Book details
Here's how the history of the Roman Empire usually goes... We start with Romulus, go on to Brutus overthrowing Tarquin, bounce through an appallingly tedious list of battles and generals and consuls, before emerging into the political stab-fest of the late Republic. From there, it runs through all the emperors, occasionally mentioning a wife or mother to show how bad things get when women get out of control, until Constantine invents Christianity and then Attila the Hun comes and ruins everything.
But the history of Rome and empire is so much more than these Important Things. In this alternative history, Emma Southon traces the story of the Roman Empire through women: Vestal Virgins and sex workers, business owners and poets, martyrs and saints. Each gives a different perspective on women's lives and how they changed, across time and across class lines.