A History Of The Roman Empire In 21 Women by Emma Southon

A lively, accessible account that traces the Roman Empire through short biographies of twenty-one women—from imperial elites to slaves, soldiers, and rebels—revealing how they shaped politics, culture, and everyday life, challenging male-centered narratives and mythmaking with fresh scholarship, sharp storytelling, and attention to their agency, ambitions, resilience, and the ways contemporary sources distorted or erased them.