Julia Augusti

<p>This scholarly biography details the life of an extraordinary woman in an extraordinary society.</p><p><em>Julia Augusti</em> studies the life of the only daughter of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and the father who sacrificed his daughter and her children in order to establish a dynasty.</p><p>Studying the abundant historical evidence available, this biography studies each stage of Julia’s life in remarkable detail:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>her childhood - taken from her divorced mother to become part of a complex and unstable family structure</li> <li>her youth - set against the brilliant social and cultural life of the new Augustan Rome</li> <li>her marriages - as tools for Augustus’ plans for succession</li> <li>Julia’s violation of her father’s moral regime, and the betrayal of her absent husband.</li> </ul><p>Reflecting new attitudes, and casting fresh light on their social reality, this outstanding biography will delight, entertain and inform anyone interested in this engaging Classical figure.</p> <p>Introduction. Julia’s Birth and Family. Julia’s Girlhood. Marriage to Agrippa. Julia’s Boys. The Grass Widow and Her Humiliation. Julia’s Daughters. The Death of Augustus, and Ruin of the Julian Branch</p>