Terentia, Tullia and Publilia: The Women of Cicero's Family

Susan Treggiari

Routledge, 7 aug 2007 - 256 pagina's

Studying references and writings in over 900 personal letters, an unparalleled source, this book presents a rounded and intriguing account of the three women who, until now, have only survived as secondary figures to Cicero.

In a field where little is really known about Cicero’s family, Susan Treggiari creates a history for these figures who, through history, have not had voices of their own, and a vivid impression of the everyday life upper-class Roman women in Italy had during the heyday of Roman power.

Artfully assembling a rounded picture of their personalities and experiences, Treggiari reconstructs the lives of these three important women:

• Cicero’s first wife Terentia: a strong, tempestuous woman of status and fortune, with an implacable desire to retain control of both
• his second wife Publilia: shadowy and mysterious, the young submissive who Cicero wedded to compensate for her predecessor’s steely resolve and fiery temper
• his daughter Tullia.

Including illustrations, chronological charts, maps and glossaries, this book is essential reading for students wishing to get better acquainted with the women of ancient Rome.

Inhoudsopgave

• List of illustrations: i
• The world into which they were born 13: xxiv
• the young wife 30: xlii
• Living through disaster 56: lxix
• Restoration 71: lxxxv
• Finding the right man 83: xcviii
• Public and private quarrels 100: cxv
• Three divorces a wedding a funeral and a baby 118: cxxxiv
• Death and survival 143: clx
• Chronology 165: clxxxii
• Bibliography 205: 59
• Index of persons and Gods 214: 62
• General index 223: 171

Bibliografische gegevens

• Titel: Terentia, Tullia and Publilia: The Women of Cicero's Family; Women of the Ancient World
• Auteur: Susan Treggiari
• Editie: geïllustreerd
• Uitgever: Routledge, 2007
• ISBN: 1134264569, 9781134264568
• Lengte: 256 pagina's