{"product_id":"great-women-of-imperial-rome-jasper-burns-9780415408981","title":"Great Women of Imperial Rome: Mothers and Wives of the Caesars","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 \u003cli\u003ea pregnant Roman princess who saves a Roman army through an act of personal heroism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethree third-century empresses who rule the most powerful state on Earth, presiding over unprecedented social and political reform\u003c\/li\u003e \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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jasper Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415408989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415408981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.21h x 9.18w x 0.69d","brand":"Jasper Burns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119678550271,"sku":"9780415408981","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75eb5878-5e28-4fe8-964d-f47b488cea3c.jpg?v=1687410413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/great-women-of-imperial-rome-jasper-burns-9780415408981","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}