Caitlin C. Gillespie is a Lecturer in Classics at Columbia University. She received her PhD in Classical Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Her past publications have explored the intersection between material culture and literary representations of women of the imperial household during the Julio-Claudian era.
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A bold new portrait of Livia, ancient Rome’s first First Lady, who shaped the empire from behind the throne Livia was no ordinary Roman woman. As wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius―the first and second Roman emperors―she stood at the heart o... SEE MORE