Poppaea Sabina - The Life and Afterlife of a Roman Empress

Summary

Like many famous figures from antiquity, we must work through layers of fantasy in order to uncover the life of Poppaea Sabina (c. 30-65 CE). In this book, Neil Bernstein critically examines these sources to produce the first modern biography of Poppaea Sabina -- describing her scandalous parentage, her affair with the emperor, and even her implication in a murder plot.

Product details

• Authors: Neil W. (Professor Bernstein, Bernstein Neil W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 06.09.2025
• EAN: 9780197678268
• ISBN: 978-0-19-767826-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Women in Antiquity
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Women, General & world history, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, General and world history