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“An illuminating and highly readable narrative about the role of women at the center of imperial Rome—fascinating and important.” —Lesley Adkins, author of Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero—these are the names history associates with the early Roman Empire. Yet, not a single one of these emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. In this captivating history, a prominent scholar of the era documents the Julio-Claudian women whose bloodline, ambition, and ruthlessness made it possible for the emperors’ line to continue.   Eminent scholar Guy de la Bédoyère, author of Praetorian, asserts that the women behind the scenes—including Livia, Octavia, and the elder and younger Agrippina—were the true backbone of the dynasty. De la Bédoyère draws on the accounts of ancient Roman historians to revisit a familiar time from a completely fresh vantage point. Anyone who enjoys I, Claudius will be fascinated by this study of dynastic power and gender interplay in ancient Rome.   “In contrast to most histories of Rome which focus almost entirely on the exploits of its male emperors, Domina examines the women who partnered them in power, from the perfect Roman wives Livia and Octavia to Cleopatra, Agrippina the Younger and the trio of Severan Julias who all stepped far beyond tradition to dominate the Roman world.”—Joann Fletcher, author of The Story of Egypt   “Enjoyable, fluently written and well-balanced in approach. De la Bédoyère leaves no stone unturned by way of evidence, which he carefully evaluates with regard to its context and reliability.”—Pat Southern, author of The Roman Army

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Domina is a fascinating account of the role of the Julian-Claudian women in maintaining the regime established by Augustus Caesar. Although the emperors are more famous and notorious, a look at the family trees shows ony too clearly that being a descendent of Augustus's wife Livia, his daughter Julia and/or his sister Octavia was necessary for claiming the prize. Given the marriages within the family, being descended from the three women was not unusual.De la Bedoyere begins his study with an explanation of the Roman concept of the virtuous woman, wife, and motherwhich is epitomized by Livia, Octavia, Agrippina the Elder, and Antonia Minor. In direct contrast are the two Julias, daughter and grand daughter of Augustus, and Messalina. The defeated Cleopatra was used by the Romans as ths prime example of what virtuous women should not be......after all she was the one who made Antony less than a real Roman man (Antony evidently not being held responsible for his own decisions and actions!)The following chapters focus primarily on Livia, the two sad Julias, Agrippina the elder, the infamous Messalina and Agrippina the Younger (the mother and victim of Nero). De la Bedoyere explains how the emperors themselves dealt with their female relations, from deifying them to having them killed, not exactly happy families. In particular it is difficult to believe that Messalina could have gotten away with all that she did without Claudius having some inkling of what was going on. Of course, he must rely on historians such as Tacitus, Suetonius and Dio who had their own biases and axes to grind. Tacitus, for example, detested Livia and fed the image of her as getting rid of all males who stood in the way of her son Tiberius becoming emperor. The author also explains the importance of Roman coins and why who was depicted on the coins can tell us much about the status of the women.It all makes for fascinating reading, a Roman and historical Game of Thrones. After finishing reading Domina, I reread the classic I, Claudius by Robert Graves and watched again the old series based on the historical novel. I think it is time for a remake. This has everything, intrigue, sex, overweening ambition, hypocrisy, perfidy, and murder. And people think history is boring!

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