{"product_id":"a-rome-of-ones-own-the-forgotten-women-of-the-roman-empire","title":"A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a “clever, bold, and refreshingly feminist” (Booklist) history of Rome that uses the lives of 21 women to upend our understanding of the ancient world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of Rome has long been narrow and one-sided, essentially a history of “the Doing of Important Things,” and as far as Roman historians have been concerned, women don’t make that history. From Romulus through the political stab-fest of the late Republic, and then on to all the emperors, Roman historians may deign to give you a wife or a mother to show how bad things become when women get out of control, but history is more than that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma Southon’s A Rome of One’s Own is the best kind of correction. This is a retelling of the history of Rome with all the things Roman history writers relegate to the background, or designate as domestic, feminine, or worthless. This is a history of women who caused outrage, led armies in rebellion, wrote poetry; who lived independently or under the thumb of emperors. Told with humor and verve as well as a deep scholarly background, A Rome of One’s Own highlights women overlooked and misunderstood, and through them offers a fascinating and groundbreaking chronicle of the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47737123668131,"sku":"9781419760198","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/8588\/4579\/files\/9781419760198.jpg?v=1780510235","url":"https:\/\/www.bellhousebooks.com\/products\/a-rome-of-ones-own-the-forgotten-women-of-the-roman-empire","provider":"Bell House Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}