THE WOMEN OF THE CAESARS ***
Produced by Al Haines
[Frontispiece: Livia, the wife of Augustus, superintending the weaving of robes for her family.]
THE WOMEN OF THE CAESARS
BY
GUGLIELMO FERRERO
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
MCMXI
Copyright, 1911, by
THE CENTURY CO.
Published, October, 1911
THE DEVINNE PRESS
CONTENTS
I WOMAN AND MARRIAGE IN ANCIENT ROME
II LIVIA AND JULIA
III THE DAUGHTERS OF AGRIPPA
IV TIBERIUS AND AGRIPPINA
V THE SISTERS OF CALIGULA AND THE MARRIAGE OF MESSALINA
VI AGRIPPINA, THE MOTHER OF NERO
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Livia, the Wife of Augustus, Superintending the Weaving of Robes for her Family . . . _Frontispiece_
A Roman Marriage Custom
Eumachia, a Public Priestess of Ancient Rome
The Forum under the Caesars
The So-called Bust of Cicero
Julius Caesar
The Sister of M. Nonius Balbus
Livia, the Mother of Tiberius, in the Costume of a Priestess
The Young Augustus
The Emperor Augustus
A Silver Denarius of the Second Triumvirate
Silver Coin Bearing the Head of Julius Caesar
The Great Paris Cameo
Octavia, the Sister of Augustus
A Reception at Livia's Villa
Mark Antony
Antony and Cleopatra
Tiberius, Elder Son of Livia and Stepson of Augustus
Drusus, the Younger Brother of Tiberius
Statue of a Young Roman Woman
A Roman Girl of the Time of the Caesars
Costumes of Roman Men, Women, and Children in the Procession of a Peace Festival
Bust of Tiberius in the Museo Nazionale, Naples
Types of Head-dresses Worn in the Time of the Women of the Caesars
A Roman Feast in the Time of the Caesars
Depositing the Ashes of a Member of the Imperial Family in a Roman Columbarium
The Starving Livilla Refusing Food
Costume of a Chief Vestal (Virgo Vestalis Maxima)
Remains of the House of the Vestal Virgins
Bust, Supposed to be of Antonia, Daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia, and Mother of Germanicus, in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Caligula
