Book Jacket is faintly creased along the top edge; still a beautiful copy.

Book Jacket is faintly creased along the top edge; still a beautiful copy.

Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very good clean copy. tightly bound. clean covers. pages clean and unmarked. dust jacket is very good with no chips or tears. 330 pages.

Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very good clean copy. tightly bound. clean covers. pages clean and unmarked. dust jacket is very good with no chips or tears. 330 pages.

0300065981. B&W Illustrations & Map; 9.5 X 6.4 X 1.3 inches; xxi, 330 pages;

0300065981. B&W Illustrations & Map; 9.5 X 6.4 X 1.3 inches; xxi, 330 pages; Hard cover is black with silver lettering on spine. DJ has light rubbing, scuffing, edge wear; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight. This is a NEW book. Illustrated with a b/w map, family tree and 19 b/w photographs. 'Agrippina the Younger attained a level of power in first-century Rome unprecedented for a woman. According to ancient sources, she achieved her success by plotting against her brother, the emperor Caligula, murdering her husband, the emperor Claudius, and controlling her son, the emperor Nero, by sleeping with him. Modern scholars tend to accept this verdict. But in his dynamic biography-the first on Agrippina in English-Anthony Barrett paints a startling new picture of this influential woman. Drawing on the latest archaeological, numismatic, and historical evidence, Barrett argues that Agrippina has been misjudged. Although she was ambitious, says Barrett, she made her way through ability and determination rather than by sexual allure, and her political contributions to her time seem to have been positive. After Agrippina's marriage to Claudius there was a marked decline in the number of judicial executions and there was close cooperation between the Senate and the emperor; the settlement of Cologne, founded under her aegis, was a model of social harmony; and the first five years of Nero's reign, while she was still alive, were the most enlightened of his rule. According to Barrett, Agrippina's one real failing was her relationship with her son, the monster of her own making who had her murdered in horrific and violent circumstances. Agrippina's impact was so lasting, however, that for some 150 years after her death no woman in the imperial family dared assume an assertive political role. ' Notes; bibliography; index.

8 vo. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/lite wear & soiling; 330 clean,

8 vo. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/lite wear & soiling; 330 clean, unmarked pages. 19+ b&w illus. Abbreviations, Notes & References, Bibliography, Index., This study uses recent archaeological, numismatic and historical evidence to reveal the character of Agrippina, a key imperial figure of classical antiquity. She was the sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius and mother of Nero. She attained a level of power unprecedented for a woman in first century Rome with a lifestyle which embraced treachery, incest and murder.

FINE IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET. True first printing, printed in the U.K.

FINE IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET. True first printing, printed in the U.K.