{"product_id":"great-women-of-imperial-rome-1","title":"Great Women of Imperial Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing from a broad range of documentation this book vividly characterizes eleven royal women who are brought visually to life through photographs of over 300 ancient coins and through the author's own illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning the period from the death of Julius Caesar in 44BC to the third century AD, and with an epilogue surveying empresses of later eras, the author's compelling biographies reveal their remarkable contributions towards the legacy of Imperial Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the wives, daughters, sisters and mothers of emperors, the study includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea pregnant Roman princess who saves a Roman army through an act of personal heroism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethree third-century empresses who rule the most powerful state on Earth, presiding over unprecedented social and political reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean empress, though revered by her husband, is immortalized in history for infidelity and corruption by students of her greatest enemy. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eJasper Burns paints portraits of these exceptional women that are colourful, sympathetic, and above all profoundly human. This book will be highly valuable to numismatists, students and scholars of Roman history or women’s studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54233557369176,"sku":"9780415408981","price":73.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415408981.jpg?v=1768635037","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/great-women-of-imperial-rome-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}