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The Empresses of Rome

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Joseph McCabe
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The author traces the lives and influence of Rome's imperial consorts from the early principate through the collapse of the Western Empire, presenting biographical sketches set against political, social, and religious backdrops. Chapters treat the institutional making of an empress, notorious and respected wives, Syrian and Eastern dynastic figures, the emergence of Christian empresses, and the final Western imperial women. Narrative threads connect personalities to broader trends, and the study is illustrated with portraits and coin types to illuminate public image and private power.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Crispina. Bust in the British Museum
From a photograph by W. A. Mansell & Co.		 Frontispiece
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Livia as Ceres. Statue in the Louvre 20
Julia. Bust in the Museum Chiaramonti 28
Agrippina the Elder. Bust in the Museum Chiaramonti 46
Messalina. Bust in the Uffizi Palace, Florence 70
Agrippina the Younger. Bust in Museo Nazionale, Florence 82
Octavia. Porphyry Bust in the Louvre 112
Poppæa. Bust in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
From a photograph by Anderson.		 118
Domitia. Bust in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence 130
Plotina. Statue in the Louvre
From a photograph by W. A. Mansell & Co.		 142
Sabina. Bust in the British Museum
From a photograph by W. A. Mansell & Co.		 154
Faustina the Elder. Bust in the Louvre
From a photograph by A. Giraudon.		 164
Faustina the Younger. Bust (reputed) in the British Museum
From a photograph by W. A. Mansell & Co.		 172
Lucilla. Bust in the National Museum, Rome
From a photograph by Anderson.		 184
Julia Domna. Bust in the Vatican Museum
From a photograph by Anderson.		 202
Julia Mæsa. Bust in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
From a photograph by Anderson.		 214
Julia Mamæa. Bust in the British Museum
From a photograph by W. A. Mansell & Co.		 226
Marcia Otacilia Severa
From a photograph by W. A. Mansell & Co.		 236
Zenobia
Enlarged from coin in the Berlin Museum.		 248
Salonina and Valeria
Enlarged from coins in the British Museum.		 262
Fausta and Flavia Helena
Enlarged from coins in the British Museum.		 280
Ælia Flaccilla and Honoria
Enlarged from coins in the British Museum.		 316
Eudoxia and Pulcheria
Enlarged from coins in the British Museum.		 330
Placidia and Euphemia
Enlarged from coins in the British Museum.		 342