A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

“Clever, bold, and refreshingly feminist; readers will be engaged and entertained to the very end." (Booklist)

This wildly entertaining new history of Rome uses the lives of 21 women to upend our understanding of the ancient world, from the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

This is a history of women who caused outrage, led armies in rebellion, wrote poetry; who lived independently or under the thumb of emperors. Told with humor and verve as well as a deep s...