40 BOOKS IN ROMAN HISTORY WRITTEN BY WOMEN
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025.
Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication.
Let's go!
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2. Miriam Griffin, *Seneca: A Philosopher in Politics* (1976).
3. Joyce Reynolds, *Aphrodisias and Rome* (1982).
4. Elizabeth Rawson, *Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic* (1985).
5. Barbara Levick, *Claudius* (1990).
7. Susan Alcock, *Graecia Capta* (1993).
8. Catharine Edwards, *The Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome* (1993).
9. Ann Kuttner, *Dynasty and Empire in the Age of Augustus* (1995).
11. Susan Mattern, *Rome and the Enemy* (1999).
12. Mary (Tolly) Boatwright, *Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire* (2000).
13. Rebecca Flemming, *Medicine and the Making of Roman Women* (2000).
15. Emma Dench, *Romulus' Asylum* (2005).
16. Claudia Rapp, *Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity* (2005).
17. Mary Beard, *The Roman Triumph* (2007).
18. Anna Clark, *Divine Qualities: Cult and Community in Republican Rome* (2007).
20. Caroline Humfress, *Orthodoxy and the Courts in Late Antiquity* (2007).
21. Kim Bowes, *Private Worship, Public Values, and Religious Change in Late Antiquity* (2008).
22. Susanna Elm, *Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the Church* (2012).
24. Katherine Blouin, *Triangular Landscapes* (2014).
25. Kristina Milnor, *Graffiti and the Literary Landscape of Roman Pompeii* (2014).
26. Emily Hemilrijk, *Hidden Lives, Public Personae: Women and Civic Life in the Roman West* (2015).
Although fictional they got a lot of readers interested in the period.
Couple more suggestions: The Later Roman Empire and The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity by @averilcam.bsky.social and Ravenna by @judithherrin.bsky.social.