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Livia : first lady of Imperial Rome /

"Livia (58 B.C. - A.D. 29) - wife of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius - wielded power at the center of Roman politics for most of her long life. Livia has been portrayed as a cunning and sinister schemer who eliminated her opponents, both within her own fami...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barrett, Anthony, 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Map of the Roman World at the Time of the Death of Livia
  • Significant Events
  • Part 1
  • The Life of Livia
  • 1. Family Background
  • 2. Marriage
  • 3. In the Shadows
  • 4. The Public Figure
  • 5. A New Reign
  • Part II
  • Livian Themes
  • 6. The Private Livia
  • 7. Wife of the Emperor
  • 8. Mother of the Emperor
  • 9. Woman of Substance
  • 10. Friend, Patron, and Protector
  • 11. Death and Reputation
  • Appendices
  • 1. Sources
  • 2. The Roman System of Government
  • 3. Liviaâ€?s Maternal Origins4. Liviaâ€?s Name
  • 5. Liviaâ€?s Birthdate
  • 6. Husbands of Scribonia
  • 7. The Birth of Drusus
  • 8. Liviaâ€?s Aedes and the Temple of Concord
  • 9. The Domus Augusta
  • 10. The Conspiracy of Cornelius Cinna
  • 11. The Celebration of Liviaâ€?s Marriage
  • 12. Palatine Vesta
  • 13. The Title Augusta in the Julio-Claudian Period
  • 14. Antonia as Augusta
  • 15. Augustusâ€? Palatine Residence
  • 16. Liviaâ€?s Festival on the Palatine
  • 17. Date of the Letter to the Samians
  • 18. The Cult of Bona Dea and Livia
  • 19. Agrippina and Livia in ad 28â€?29Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index