Turia - A Roman Woman''s Civil War

A reconstruction of the remarkable life of a woman who became a combatant in the civil wars that ended the Roman Republic, Turia shows how her life can shed light on Roman women's contribution to their society and the ways in which men came to recognize them.

About the author

Josiah Osgood is Professor of Classics at Georgetown University. He is the author of Caesar's Legacy: Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire (2006) and Claudius Caesar: Image and Power in the Early Roman Empire (2011). Professor Osgood held a Rome Prize fellowship and returns to Rome to study each year.

Summary

A reconstruction of the remarkable life of a woman who became a combatant in the civil wars that ended the Roman Republic, Turia shows how her life can shed light on Roman women's contribution to their society and the ways in which men came to recognize them.

Additional text

Osgood succeeds in expanding traditional perspectives on the social positions and attitudes of the commemorated Roman woman and her unnamed commemorator as well as our knowledge of the experiences and attitudes of elite Roman women and men living during a period of significant political and social transition.

Product details

• Authors: Josiah Osgood, Josiah (Professor of Classics Osgood, Osgood Josiah
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.08.2014
• EAN: 9780199832347
• ISBN: 978-0-19-983234-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Women in Antiquity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Antike, Rom, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, military history, History - General History, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Military / Ancient, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Gender studies: women, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Gender studies: women and girls, BCE to c 500 CE, Ancient warfare, BCE period – Protohistory