Project Gutenberg 2019-12-15 Public domain in the USA. 440 McCabe, Joseph 1867 1955 McCabe, Antony Antony, Father Macabe, Joseph 12006031 The Empresses of Rome The making of an Empress -- The end of the golden age -- The wives of Caligula -- Valeria Messalina -- The mother of Nero -- The wives of Nero -- The Empresses of the transition -- Plotina -- Sabina, the wife of Hadrian -- The wives of the Stoics -- The wives of the Sybarites -- Julia Domna -- In the days of Elagabalus -- Another Syrian Empress -- Zenobia and Victoria -- The wife and daughter of Diocletian -- The first Christian Empresses -- The wives of Constantius and Julian -- Justina -- The romance of Eudoxia and Eudocia -- The last Empresses of the West. Turgut Dincer, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Empresses of Rome" by Joseph McCabe is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the lives and influences of the Empresses of Rome, focusing on how these women shaped the imperial narrative from the founding of the Empire to the fall of the Western Empire. The work provides a detailed study of significant figures such as Livia, the Empress of Augustus, emphasizing their roles in the political and social landscape of ancient Rome. The opening of "The Empresses of Rome" sets the stage for a comprehensive exploration of the period, beginning with an introduction that highlights the significance of women in shaping Rome's history. McCabe discusses how these women contributed not just to the personal lives of emperors but also influenced state affairs and the broader societal changes occurring at the time. The narrative starts with Octavian's triumph and the early dynamics between him and Livia, revealing the political intrigues, power struggles, and the complexities of their relationship as they navigate the turbulent waters of Roman politics, setting the tone for the intricate tales that follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Women -- Rome -- Biography Empresses -- Rome -- Biography DG Text Category: History - Ancient Category: History - Royalty 884779 2025-07-24T08:38:45.651889 text/html 835155 2024-10-17T15:17:49 text/html 1406239 2025-07-24T08:38:57.976274 application/epub+zip 1401656 2025-07-24T08:38:48.090858 application/epub+zip 413311 2025-07-24T08:38:46.826862 application/epub+zip 1603759 2025-07-24T08:39:05.398251 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1543056 2025-07-24T08:38:56.491289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 557315 2022-09-27T14:25:28.626672 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 757925 2025-07-24T08:38:44.038926 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 738037 2024-10-17T15:17:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17206 2025-07-24T08:39:05.573227 application/rdf+xml 14153 2025-07-24T08:38:47.049818 image/jpeg 2360 2025-07-24T08:38:46.938850 image/jpeg 2908357 2025-07-24T08:38:45.792903 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia