Full name: Livia: First Lady of Imperial Rome

Author: Anthony A. Barrett Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780300102987 0300102984

Livia--wife of the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, and mother of the second, Tiberius-- wielded extraordinary power at the center of Roman politics. In this biography of Livia, the first in English, Anthony Barrett sets aside the portrait of a cunning and sinister schemer to reveal Livia as a complex figure whose enduring political influence helped shape Roman government long after her death. "An excellent biography of Livia-as appealing to the general reader as it is satisfying to the scholar."--Colin M. Wells, Trinity University, San Antonio "In reading Anthony Barrett's biography of Livia, I not only learned about this remarkable woman, but also gained a meaningful appreciation of life and society in her time."--Howard Alper, President, The Royal Society of Canada "First-rate."--Mary Beard, Times Literary Supplement Similar books: Caligula: The Corruption of Power by Anthony A. Barrett Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome by Anthony Everitt Marcus Aurelius by Anthony Birley Augustus by Anthony Everitt Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy The Roman Emperors by Michael Grant Caesar by Christian Meier Scipio Africanus by B. H. Liddell Hart Marcus Aurelius by Frank McLynn Cicero by Anthony Everitt Claudius by Barbara Levick Tiberius by Robin Seager 69 A.D. by Gwyn Morgan Rome by Greg Woolf Tiberius the Politician by Barbara Levick The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Mobituaries by Mo Rocca