Anthony A. Barrett

Agrippina

Mother of Nero

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As in his bestselling biography of Caligula, Professor Barrett combines immaculate scholarship with a gripping style.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 710g
• ISBN-13: 9780713468540
• ISBN-10: 0713468548
• Artikelnr.: 36263250

Autorenporträt

Anthony Barrett is Professor of Classics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He studied at the Universities of Oxford, Durham and Toronto and has written extensively in the field of classical antiquity.

Inhaltsangabe

Significant events and figures
background
family
daughter
sister
niece
wife
mother
the end
sources appendices: the year of Agrippina the younger's birth
the husbands of Domitia and Lepida III
the date of Nero's birth
the family of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Agrippina's movements in late 39
the date of Seneca's tutorship
the decline in Agrippina's power
the patronage of Seneca and Burrus in 54-9
SC on gold and silver coins of Nero
the final days of Agrippina.

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Significant events and figures; background; family; daughter; sister; niece; wife; mother; the end; sources appendices: the year of Agrippina the younger's birth; the husbands of Domitia and Lepida III; the date of Nero's birth; the family of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus; Agrippina's movements in late 39; the date of Seneca's tutorship; the decline in Agrippina's power; the patronage of Seneca and Burrus in 54-9; SC on gold and silver coins of Nero; the final days of Agrippina.

Rezensionen

'The most valuable part of the book is the inventory of source material at the end where not only the more familiar literary evidence is catalogued but the coins, statues and inscriptions featuring Agrippina.' - Miriam Griffin, History Today

'The most valuable part of the book is the inventory of source material at the end where not only the more familiar literary evidence is catalogued but the coins, statues and inscriptions featuring Agrippina.' - Miriam Griffin, History Today