Turia: a Roman woman's Civil War

by Osgood, Josiah

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Full title :Turia : a Roman woman's Civil War / Josiah Osgood.

Summary

"The civil wars that brought down the Roman Republic were fought on more than battlefields. Armed gangs infested the Italian countryside, in the city of Rome mansions were besieged, and bounty-hunters searched the streets for 'public enemies.' Among the astonishing stories to survive from these years is that of a young woman whose parents were killed, on the eve of her wedding, in the violence engulfing Italy. While her future husband fought overseas, she staved off a run on her father's estate. Despite an acute currency shortage, she raised money to help her fiancé in exile. And when several years later, her husband, back in Rome, was declared an outlaw, she successfully hid him, worked for his pardon, and joined other Roman women in staging a public protest. The wife's tale is known only because her husband had inscribed on large slabs of marble the elaborate eulogy he gave at her funeral.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford Univ. Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:Seiten cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199832347, 019983234X, 9780199832354, 0199832358
oclc:ocn882417911
LC Classification:DG266
Dewey Decimal:937/.05092

Subjects

510-30 B.C Biographies BIOGRAPHY et AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women Femmes -- Biographies. -- Rome Femmes -- Histoire. -- Rome Femmes et guerre -- Histoire. -- Rome Femmes mariées -- Biographies. -- Rome Frau Guerre et société -- Histoire. -- Rome History HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome Laudatio Turiae Mariage -- Aspect social -- Rome Marriage -- Social aspects Marriage -- Social aspects -- Rome Rome -- Biographies. -- Histoire -- 49-… Rome -- Biography. -- History -- Civil … Rome -- Conditions sociales -- 510-30 a… Rome -- Social conditions -- 510-30 B.C Rome (Empire)