A review by kellswitch
Empress of Rome: The Life of Livia by Matthew Dennison

3.0

A well written, approachable and enjoyable book it doesn't really reveal anything overwhelmingly new about Livia but then there doesn't seem to be much out there at all. What I did enjoy was how he used what little there is known to create at least a feeling of what her life may have been like and to point out the inconsistencies and biases in the recorded histories that paint her as a villainess without trying to claim that none of them were true.

Not an earth shattering book but enjoyable, I came away with at least some feeling for what the life of a high level Roman woman may have been like.