{"product_id":"a-rome-of-ones-own-the-forgotten-women-of-the-roman-empire-paperback","title":"A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmma Southon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Clever, bold, and refreshingly feminist; readers will be engaged and entertained to the very end.\" \u003ci\u003e(Booklist)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis wildly entertaining new history of Rome uses the lives of 21 women to upend our understanding of the ancient world, from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eA Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a history of women who caused outrage, led armies in rebellion, wrote poetry; who lived independently or under the thumb of emperors. Told with humor and verve as well as a deep scholarly background, \u003ci\u003eA Rome of One's Own\u003c\/i\u003e highlights women overlooked and misunderstood, and through them offers a fascinating and groundbreaking chronicle of the ancient world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The history of Rome has long been narrow and one-sided, essentially a history of \"the Doing of Important Things.\" And as far as Roman historians have been concerned, women don't make that history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Romulus through the political stab-fest of the late Republic, and then on to all the emperors, Roman historians may deign to give you a wife or a mother to show how bad things become when women get out of control, but history is more than that. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emma Southon's \u003ci\u003eA Rome of One's Own\u003c\/i\u003e is the best kind of correction. This is a retelling of the history of Rome with all the things Roman history writers have relegated to the background, or designated as domestic, feminine, or worthless.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Emma Southon\u003c\/b\u003e holds a PhD in ancient history from the University of Birmingham. The author of \u003ci\u003eA Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMarriage, Sex and Death: The Family and the Fall of Rome\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAgrippina\u003c\/i\u003e, she works as a bookseller at Waterstones Belfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53450940580147,"sku":"9781419760198","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/qBH4ZH6_dj9781419760198.webp?v=1782995084","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/a-rome-of-ones-own-the-forgotten-women-of-the-roman-empire-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}