Representing Agrippina: Constructions of Female Power in the Early Roman Empire [Co-editor of the book by Judith Ginsburg]

doi:10.5860/choice.44-1681

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Representing Agrippina: Constructions of Female Power in the Early Roman Empire [Co-editor of the book by Judith Ginsburg]

Published Dec 1, 2005 · Beth A Severy-Hoven, J. Ginsburg

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Abstract

Agrippina the Younger ranks as one of the most powerful women in the history of the Roman empire. Judith Ginsburg's book provides a fresh look at both the literary and material representations of Agrippina. Her incisive study exposes both the contrivances of the commissioned artists whose idealized portraits served to buttress the image of the regime and the contrasting designs of the historians whose rhetorical stereotypes and negative depictions aimed to undermine it.

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Key takeawayAgrippina's representations in the early Roman Empire reveal both the contrivances of artists and historians, revealing the power of female influence in the early Roman Empire.

PopulationOlder adults (50-71 years)

Sample size24

MethodsObservational

OutcomesBody Mass Index projections

ResultsSocial networks mitigate obesity in older groups.

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