UID:
almafu_9959227486302883
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 330 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-61862-X
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0-203-01235-6
Content:
In this dynamic new biography - the first on Agrippina in English - Professor Barrett uses the latest archaeological, numismatic and historical evidence to provide a close and detailed study of her life and career. He shows how Agrippina's political contribution to her time seems in fact to have been positive, and that when she is judged by her achievements she demands admiration. Revealing the true figure behind the propaganda and the political machinations of which she was capable, he assesses the impact of her marriage to the emperor Claudius, on the country and her family. Finally, he exposed her one real failing - her relationship with her son, the monster of her own making to whom, in horrific and violent circumstances, she would eventually fall victim.
Note:
"Published 1996 in the United Kingdom as Agrippina, Mother of Nero"--T.p. verso.
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Significant events and figures -- Background -- Family -- Daughter -- Sister -- Niece -- Wife -- Mother -- The end -- Sources -- Appendix I. The year of Agrippina the Younger's birth -- Appendix II. The husbands of Domitia and Lepida -- Appendix III. The date of Nero's death -- Appendix IV. The family of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus -- Appendix V. Agrippina's movements in late 39 -- Appendix VI. The date of Seneca's tutorship -- Appendix VII. The decline of Agrippina's power -- Appendix VIII. The patronage of Seneca and Burrus in 54-9 -- Appendix IX. SC on gold and silver coins of Nero -- Appendix X. The final days of Agrippina.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7134-6854-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-20867-X
Language:
English
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