The Murder of Regilla
Download or Read eBook The Murder of Regilla PDF written by Sarah B Pomeroy and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Sarah B Pomeroy |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 2009-06-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674042209 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674042204 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Murder of Regilla by : Sarah B Pomeroy
Book excerpt: Born to an illustrious Roman family in 125 BCE, Regilla was married at the age of fifteen to Herodes, a wealthy Greek. Twenty years later--and eight months pregnant with her sixth child--Regilla died under mysterious circumstances, after a blow to the abdomen delivered by Herodes's freedman. Though Herodes was charged, he was acquitted. Pomeroy's investigation suggests that despite Herodes's erection of numerous monuments to his deceased wife, he was in fact guilty of the crime.
