The Murder of Regilla. A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity. - POMEROY, S.B.,
A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity
KORTE INHOUD
'Born to an illustrious Roman family in A.D. 125, Regilla was married at the age of fifteen to Herodes, a wealthy Greek who championed his country's values at a time when Rome ruled. Twenty years later, and eight months pregnant with her sixth child, Regilla died under mysterious circumstances, after a blow to the abdomen deliverd by Herrodes' freedman. Regilla's brother charged Herodes with murder, but a Roman court (at the urging of Marcus Aurelius) acquitted him. Pomeroy's investigation suggests that despite Herodes' ereCtion of numerous monuments to his deceased wife, he was in fact guilty of the crime. Part archeological investigation, part historical re-creation, and part detective story, The Murder of Regilla will appeal to all those interested in the private lifes of the classical world and in a universal and compelling story of women and family in the distant past. (Publisher's information). 'A fascinating and vivid portrait, by one of the greatest authorities on ancient women. Drawing on a wide vari...
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Cambridge (Mass.)/London, 2007. 249p. ills. (B&W photographs). Half cloth with dust wrappers. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: POMEROY, S.B.,] [Uitgever: Harvard University Press] [Jaar: 2007] [Titel: The Murder of Regilla. A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity.]
