The murder of Regilla : a case of domestic violence in antiquity /
Born to an illustrious Roman family in 125 BCE, Regilla was married at the age of fifteen to Herodes, a wealthy Greek. Twenty years later--and eight months pregnant with her sixth child--Regilla died under mysterious circumstances, after a blow to the abdomen delivered by Herodes's freedman. Th...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2007.
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| Summary: | Born to an illustrious Roman family in 125 BCE, Regilla was married at the age of fifteen to Herodes, a wealthy Greek. Twenty years later--and eight months pregnant with her sixth child--Regilla died under mysterious circumstances, after a blow to the abdomen delivered by Herodes's freedman. Though Herodes was charged, he was acquitted. Pomeroy's investigation suggests that despite Herodes's erection of numerous monuments to his deceased wife, he was in fact guilty of the crime. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674042209 0674042204 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |