{"product_id":"livys-women-peter-keegan-9781138553255","title":"Livy's Women: Crisis, Resolution, and the Female in Rome's Foundation History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLivy's Women\u003c\/em\u003e explores the profound questions arising from the presence of women of influence and power in the socio-political canvas of one of the most important histories of Rome and the Roman people, \u003ci\u003eAb Urbe Condita\u003c\/i\u003e (From the Foundation of the City). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis theoretically informed study of Livy's monumental narrative charts the fascinating links between episodes containing references to women in prominent roles and the historian's treatment of Rome's evolutionary foundation story. Explicitly gendered in relation to the socio-cultural contexts informing the narrative, the author's background, the literary landscape of Livy's Rome, and the subsequent historiographical commentary, this volume offers a comprehensive, coherent and contextualised overview of all episodes in \u003ci\u003eAb Urbe Condita\u003c\/i\u003e relating to women as agents of historical change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well as proving invaluable insights into socio-cultural history for Classicists, \u003ci\u003eLivy's Women\u003c\/i\u003e will also be of interest to instructors, researchers, and students of female representation in history in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Keegan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138553255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138553255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Peter Keegan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087741792511,"sku":"9781138553255","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce0c65e9-0263-455b-ba9e-12e324312aeb.jpg?v=1769101143","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/livys-women-peter-keegan-9781138553255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}