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Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World

Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Honor Cargill-MartinPublish date:2023-06-06Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781639363957ISBN-10:1639363955UPC:9781639363957Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Women, Ancient, HistoricalBook Topic:RomeSize:9.00 x 6.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCD7P8AWV5

Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World

The story of Messalina - third wife of the emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world

The image of the empress Messalina as a ruthless, sexually insatiable schemer, derived from the work of Roman historians such as Tacitus and Suetonius, has taken deep root in the Western imagination. The stories they told about her included nightly visits to a brothel...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781639363957ISBN-10:1639363955UPC:9781639363957Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Women, Ancient, HistoricalBook Topic:RomeSize:9.00 x 6.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCD7P8AWV5
Honor Cargill-Martin is an author, classicist, and art historian from London. She read Classical Archeology and Ancient History at Oxford, winning a scholarship and graduating with a first-class degree in 2019. She has masters degrees in Greek and Roman history and Italian Renaissance Art. She is currently studying for a doctorate focusing on political sex scandals in Ancient Rome at Christ...
Publisher: Pegasus Books

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