Part 1

Produced by Al Haines

THE WOMEN OF THE CAESARS

GUGLIELMO FERRERO

NEW YORK

THE CENTURY CO.

MCMXI

Copyright, 1911, by

THE CENTURY CO.

Published, October, 1911

THE DEVINNE PRESS

CONTENTS

I WOMAN AND MARRIAGE IN ANCIENT ROME

II LIVIA AND JULIA

III THE DAUGHTERS OF AGRIPPA

IV TIBERIUS AND AGRIPPINA

V THE SISTERS OF CALIGULA AND THE MARRIAGE OF MESSALINA

VI AGRIPPINA, THE MOTHER OF NERO

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Livia, the Wife of Augustus, Superintending the Weaving of Robes for her Family . . . Frontispiece

A Roman Marriage Custom

Eumachia, a Public Priestess of Ancient Rome

The Forum under the Caesars

The So-called Bust of Cicero

Julius Caesar

The Sister of M. Nonius Balbus

Livia, the Mother of Tiberius, in the Costume of a Priestess

The Young Augustus

The Emperor Augustus