Murder of Regilla - A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity

Informationen zum Autor Sarah B. Pomeroy is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Classics and History at the City University of New York. Klappentext Regilla was married at age 15 to wealthy Greek Herodes. Twenty years later, eight months pregnant with her sixth child, she died under mysterious circumstances from a blow delivered by Herodes's freedman. Herodes was charged but acquitted. This investigation suggests that despite his erection of monuments to his deceased wife, Herodes was guilty. Zusammenfassung Regilla was married at age 15 to wealthy Greek Herodes. Twenty years later, eight months pregnant with her sixth child, she died under mysterious circumstances from a blow delivered by Herodes’s freedman. Herodes was charged but acquitted. This investigation suggests that despite his erection of monuments to his deceased wife, Herodes was guilty. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Genealogical Chart Regilla's and Herodes' Family Introduction 1. Girlhood at Rome 2. A Roman Matron in Imperial Athens 3. Public Life 4. Death in Athens and Murder Trial in Rome 5. Regilla's Final Resting Place Chronological Chart Notes Acknowledgments Art Credits Index

Product details

• Authors: Sarah B Pomeroy, Sarah B. Pomeroy
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9780674034891
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03489-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology