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The Daughters of Palatine Hill
Author | : Phyllis T. Smith |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : 1503952487 |
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Two years after Emperor Augustus's bloody defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly returns to Rome. To his only child, Julia, he brings an unlikely companion--Selene, the daughter of the conquered Egyptian queen and her lover. Under the watchful eye of Augustus's wife, Livia, Selene struggles to accept her new home among her parents' enemies. Bound together by kinship and spilled blood, these three women--Livia, Selene, and Julia--navigate the dangerous world of Rome's ruling elite, their every move a political strategy, their most intimate decisions in the emperor's hands. Always suppressing their own desires for the good of Rome, each must fulfill her role. For astute Livia, this means unwavering fidelity to her all-powerful husband; for sensual Julia, surrender to an arranged marriage and denial of her craving for love and the pleasures of the flesh; for orphaned Selene, choosing between loyalty to her family's killers and her wish for revenge. Can they survive Rome's deadly intrigues, or will they be swept away by the perilous currents of the world's most powerful empire?
Daughters of Rome
Author | : Kate Quinn |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2011-04-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781101478950 |
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A fast-paced historical novel about two women with the power to sway an empire, from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Diamond Eye. A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. Everything will change—especially the lives of two sisters with a very personal stake in the outcome. Elegant and ambitious, Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella is more aloof, content to witness history rather than make it. But when a bloody coup turns their world upside-down, both women must maneuver carefully just to stay alive. As Cornelia tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered dreams, Marcella discovers a hidden talent for influencing the most powerful men in Rome. In the end, though, there can only be one Emperor...and one Empress.
Cleopatra s Daughter From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
Author | : Jane Draycott |
Publsiher | : Liveright Publishing |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2023-05-23 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781324092605 |
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The first modern biography of one of the most influential yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient world: Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. “A vibrant, fascinating portrait of a great woman who deserves her place in the pantheon of Roman queens.” —Emma Southon As the only daughter of Roman Triumvir Marc Antony and Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra Selene was expected to uphold traditional feminine virtues; to marry well and bear sons; and to legitimize and strengthen her parents’ rule. Yet with their parents’ deaths by suicide, the princess and her brothers found themselves the inheritors of Egypt, a claim that placed them squarely in the warpath of the Roman emperor. “Supported by a feast of visual and literary references” (Caroline Lawrence), Cleopatra’s Daughter reimagines the life of Cleopatra Selene, a woman who, although born into Egyptian royalty and raised in her mother’s court, was cruelly abandoned and held captive by Augustus Caesar. Creating a narrative from frescos and coinage, ivory dolls and bronzes, historian and archaeologist Jane Draycott shows how Cleopatra Selene navigated years of imprisonment on Palatine Hill—where Octavia, the emperor’s sister and Antony’s fourth wife, housed royal children orphaned in the wake of Roman expansion—and emerged a queen. Despite the disrepute of her family, Cleopatra Selene in time endeared herself to her captors through her remarkable intellect and political acumen. Rather than put her to death, Augustus wed her to the Numidian prince Juba, son of the deposed regent Juba I, and installed them both as client rulers of Mauretania in Africa. There, Cleopatra Selene ruled successfully for nearly twenty years, promoting trade, fostering the arts, and reclaiming her mother’s legacy—all at a time, Draycott reminds us, when kingship was an inherently male activity. A princess who became a prisoner and a prisoner who became a queen, Cleopatra Selene here “finally attains her rightful place in history” (Barry Strauss). A much-needed corrective, Cleopatra’s Daughter sheds new and revelatory light on Egyptian and Roman politics, society, and culture in the early days of the Roman Empire.
I Am Livia
Author | : Phyllis T. Smith |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : 1477848827 |
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"Keen and ambitious, fourteen-year-old Livia Drusilla finds herself suddenly thrust into the perilous world of Roman politics when she overhears the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar--and when she reluctantly agrees to marry a prominent military officer for her family's sake"--back cover.
Julia Daughter of Rome
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Joyce Moore |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9781466049925 |
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Rome The Rise and Fall
Author | : History Nerds |
Publsiher | : History Nerds |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2020-07-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9182736450XXX |
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Rome - The Rise and Fall is designed as a bitesize, concise but easy to read retelling of what happened to one of the greatest empires in history. The Roman Empire began with a boy named Romulus and ended with a boy named Romulus. Between the years 753 BCE and 476 CE, this magnificent empire rose in might, but died in misery. This story is derived from the narrations of the ancient writers who themselves were eyewitnesses and it draws upon the myths that invigorated the Roman spirit. The dream that became the Roman Empire was created upon a Utopian scenario, but was vulnerable to the human frailties that besiege everyone. Hence its rise and hence its fall.
Historic Tales Volume 11 of 15
Author | : Charles Morris |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2020-08-14 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9783752436389 |
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Reproduction of the original: Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) by Charles Morris
Ancient Greece and Rome
Author | : Israel Smith Clare |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 650 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : World history |
ISBN | : NYPL:33433082330428 |
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