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Domina
- The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire
Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero - these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar of the era documents the Julio-Claudian women whose bloodline, ambition, and ruthlessness made it possible for the emperors' line to continue.
Eminent scholar Guy de la Bedoyere, author of Praetorian, asserts that the women behind the scenes - including Livia, Octavia, and the elder and younger Agrippina - were the true backbone of the dynasty. De la Bedoyere draws on the accounts of ancient Roman historians to revisit a familiar time from a completely fresh vantage point. Anyone who enjoys I, Claudius will be fascinated by this study of dynastic power and gender interplay in ancient Rome.
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- Robyn
- 15-11-2022
A new look at Imperial Rome
This book is interesting even for those who already have a fair knowledge of Imperial Rome and its colorful cast of characters. Guy de la Bédoyère's focus on the women who were prominent in the Julio-Claudian line gives this book a very different feel to the many male-dominated books and accounts which have preceded it. A most interesting fact is that the female line is the route by which claims to the top job passed from one emperor to the next. I suggest readers keep an Augustus to Nero family tree handy as there are a lot of characters and a lot of them have the same name/s! When it comes to empires and ruling elites, it's disconcerting to see how little has changed over the past 2000 years - scheming, cliques, assassinations, murders, bribes and payoffs, rumours based on exactly nothing to blacken rivals' names and remove them from contention, wars - whatever it takes to acquire yet more power and possessions and let nothing and nobody stand in the way.
Julian Elfer is, as always, wonderful and the perfect choice for this book.
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