{"product_id":"9781419760198","title":"A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eA Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum\u003c\/i\u003e, a “clever, bold, and refreshingly feminist” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) history of Rome that uses the lives of 21 women to upend our understanding of the ancient world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Emma Southon’s \u003ci\u003eA Rome of One’s Own\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eA Rome of One’s Own\u003c\/i\u003e highlights women overlooked and misunderstood, and through them offers a fascinating and groundbreaking chronicle of the ancient world.","brand":"Abrams Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47918246822128,"sku":"9781419760198","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781419760198_p0.jpg?v=1763729091","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781419760198","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}