Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World by Emma Southon

Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World

Emma Southon

352 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history informative fast-paced

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Sister of Caligula. Wife of Claudius. Mother of Nero. The story of Agrippina, at the center of imperial power for three generations, is the story of the Julio-Claudia dynasty--and of Rome itself, at its bloody, extravagant, chaotic, ruthless, and ...

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