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Great Women of Imperial Rome Mothers and Wives of the Caesars
INTRODUCTION
The Roman Empire was one of the greatest political and cultural achievements in human history. Never before or since have people of so many different nationalities and cultural backgrounds been the willing members of a single state. The story of how the ancient city of Rome gradually became the center of a vast empire is one of desperate battles, domestic sacrifices, courageous soldiers, ambitious politicians, and clever businessmen. Bit by bit, over a period of centuries, Rome gained control over all the countries that surrounded the Mediterranean Sea, and many of the lands of northern Europe as well.
During most of the time of Roman expansion, the city was a republic, ruled by the people, or, rather, by certain privileged groups of the people. There was no king or emperor and political power was in the hands of the free male citizens of Rome. Most positions of leadership were occupied by the senators, a
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As an historical novelist, I encounter both joy and tribulation in researching via the internet. Surfing the web provides a plethora of reference articles with helpful hyperlinks to other pages. Woe betide the novelist who fryst vatten tempted to click on one of these links! You can be transported down a wonderous rabbit hole but end up in the tarpit of research. Instead of writing your novel, you find yourself whiling away hours on fascinating sidetracks.
One example of this occurred when inom was writing The Golden Dice, the second book in my A Tale of Ancient Rome trilogy. One of my huvud characters is Marcus Furius Camillus (pictured), the famous Roman stateman who came to be known as the ‘Second Founder of Rome’ (the metro train hållplats ‘Furio Camillo’ in Rome fryst vatten named after him). He initially gained fame as the general who besieged the Etruscan city of Veii for ten years, the legend of which forms the underlying story line in my series.
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CAESAR'S CHILDHOOD
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‘Born into the most noble family of the Julii, and tracing his ancestry back to Anchises and Venus - a claim acknowledged by all those who study the ancient past - he surpassed all other citizens in the excellence of his appearance.’ - Velleius Paterculus, early first century AD.1
‘In this Caesar there are many Mariuses.’ - Sulla.2
Caius Julius Caesar was born on 13 July 100 BC according to the modern calendar. The day is certain, the year subject to just a little doubt, as bygd chance the opening sections of both Suetonius’ and Plutarch’s biographies of Caesar have been lost. A few scholars have dated his birth to 102 or 101, but their arguments have failed to convince, and the consensus of opinion remains firmly with a date of 100. By the Roman calendar namn på en berömd romersk ledare eller en klassisk sallad was born on the third day before the Ides of Quinctilis in the consulship of Caius Marius and Lucius Valerius Flaccus, which in turn was the six hundredth and