A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women

Resumen del libro

Here's how the history of the Roman Empire usually goes... We start with Romulus, go on to Brutus overthrowing Tarquin, bounce through an appallingly tedious list of battles and generals and consuls, before emerging into the political stab-fest of the late Republic. From there, it runs through all the emperors, occasionally mentioning a wife or mother to show how bad things get when women get out of control, until Constantine invents Christianity and then Attila the Hun comes and ruins everything.

Biografía del autor

Emma Southon es doctora en Historia Antigua por la Universidad de Birmingham e investiga sobre sexo, familia, género y religión. Mantiene una larga e intempestiva relación con los chicos malos del Imperio romano y otra gente extravagante, en especial con Calígula. Tiene una gata que se llama Livia. Presenta, con Janina Matthewson, el podcast History Is Sexy, tiene un blog en emmasouthon.com y twitea como Dr Souhton.