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An epic historical fiction novel set in ancient Rome. A young woman named Claudia, chosen as a revered Vestal Virgin, begins a forbidden love affair with a soldier named Marcus, risking being buried alive for breaking her sacred vow of chastity. As their passion ignites, they become embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy to overthrow the paranoid and tyrannical Emperor Tiberius. Claudia is forced to choose between her love for Marcus and her duty to Rome. With the empire's fate hanging in the balance, their defiant romance and acts of rebellion against the oppressive regime will change the course of history forever. A gripping tale of courage, sacrifice and the power of love to overcome even the most daunting obstacles
This novel was inspired by the discoveries which have brought to light many interesting relics. Amongst these are the statues of the Vestales Maximæ, of which, in spite of the efforts of the lime-burners and stone-cutters of the Middle Ages, who were distinguished for their work of wholesale destruction, thirty-six inscriptions, and fourteen statues, have been discovered. The pedestals on which the statues were placed bear inscriptions, and the names of the Vestales Maximæ whose virtues are recorded. There is one exception—the name is carefully erased—and we can know her of whom so much is said in praise, only as Number Thirteen. An attempt has been made to clothe the memory of this Vestal with some probable, though of course wholly fictitious, incidents; and to assume as a certainty the idea, which has been thrown out as a possibility, that her conversion to Christianity was discovered, and that one in authority desired to leave no trace of her family or her name to future generations.
Examines portraits of Rome's Vestal Virgins as artistic documents and political vehicles
Studies how Propertius transformed the elegiac form, using Callimachean style as a starting point
A 2,000-year-old conspiracy is about to unravel in a tense mystery thriller that shifts between ancient Rome and contemporary London. Librarian and historical researcher India Sommers is used to questions about antique curiosities. So when a stranger asks for her opinion about an ancient but obviously fake coin, she thinks little of it. Until the man is murdered outside her library. Suddenly India finds herself involved in a perplexing investigation. The man’s coin is revealed to be an artefact linked to the ancient Roman cult of the Vestal Virgins, and it may help reveal the whereabouts of a missing young girl. Now India, accompanied by special forces investigator Brandon Walker, must race against time to resolve the mystery and discover the intent of a shadowy organization before innocent lives are lost.
From Latin love poetry's dominating and enslaving beloveds, to modern popular culture's infamous Cleopatras and Messalinas, representations of the Roman mistress (or the mistress of Romans) have brought into question both ancient and modern genders and political systems. The Roman Mistress explores representations of transgressive women in Latin love poetry and British television drama, in Roman historiography and nineteenth-century Italian anthropology, on classical coinage and college websites, as poetic metaphor and in the Hollywood star system. In a highly accessible style, the book makes an important and original contribution simultaneously to feminist scholarship on antiquity, the classical tradition, and cultural studies.
The Tiber Bridge tells the story of Ancus Marcius, Romes fourth king, a man of power and ability haunted by the ghosts of his past, and of Vel Prasanai, a cast-out Etruscan who becomes his bridge builder. Conflict between gods and mortals intensifies over the sacrilege of spanning the Tiber in this spellbinding tale of war, political rivalry, love, and ambition set in the fabled years of early Rome. The many accomplishments of legendary King Ancus remain tarnished and unrewarding, as he faces endless war, endures the enmity of his predecessors son, is thwarted by Romes pontifex, and suffers the cruel suspicions of his wife. Engineers, priests, vestal virgins, generals, queens, and a family of shepherds all play a part in this sweeping tale of courage and endurance in the shadow of the first bridge built in Rome.