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02489aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 FE249354B5B311E9B808B33C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190803010026 008 180924t20192019nyu b 000 0beng d 020 $a 9781643130781 020 $a 1643130781 035 $a (OCoLC)1053999312 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d BYV $d WIM $d JQW $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a aw----- $a ff----- $a aw----- 050 4 $a DG 082 04 $a 920 100 1 $a Southon, Emma, $e author. 245 10 $a Agrippina : $b the most extraordinary woman of the Roman world / $c Emma Southon. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Pegasus Books, $c 2019. 300 $a xxix, 274 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes glossary and bibliographic references (page 269-271). 520 $a "In her own time, she was recognized as a woman of unparalleled power. Beautiful and intelligent, she was portrayed as alternately a ruthless murderer and helpless victim, the most loving mother and the most powerful woman of the Roman empire, using sex, motherhood, manipulation, and violence to get her way, and single-minded in her pursuit of power for herself and her son, Nero. This book follows Agrippina as a daughter, born in Cologne, to the expected heir to Augustus's throne; as a sister to Caligula who raped his sisters and showered them with honors until they attempted rebellion against him and were exiled; as a seductive niece and then wife to Claudius who gave her access to near unlimited power; and then as a mother to Nero--who adored her until he had her assassinated. Through senatorial political intrigue, assassination attempts, and exile to a small island, to the heights of imperial power, thrones, and golden cloaks and games and adoration, Agrippina scaled the absolute limits of female power in Rome. Her biography is also the story of the first Roman imperial family--the Julio-Claudians--and of the glory and corruption of the empire itself."--Page [2] of cover. 600 00 $a Agrippina, $c Minor, $d 15-59 $v Biography. 651 0 $a Rome $x History $y Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D. 650 0 $a Empresses $z Rome $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409033658.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200303021637.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20191107010612.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20190904010913.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190806013009.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FE249354B5B311E9B808B33C97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search