Caesar's Wives: Sex, Power, And Politics In The Roman Empire by Annelise Freisenbruch: A Book Review
Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire Author: Annelise Freisenbruch Genre: Nonfiction, Biography, History Publisher: Free Press Release Date: November 2010 Pages: 368 Source: My State Public Library Synopsis: In Scandals and Power Struggles obscured by time and legend, the wives, mistresses, mothers, sisters, and daughters of the caesars have been popularly characterized as heartless murderers, shameless adulteresses, and conniving politicians in the high dramas of the Roman court. Yet little has been known about who they really were and their true roles in the history-making schemes if imperial Rome's ruling Caesars--indeed, how they figured in the ride, decline, and fall of the empire. Now in Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire , Annelise Freisenbruch pulls back the veil on these fascinating women in Rome's power circles, giving them the chance to speak for themselves fo...