Agrippina the Younger
Updated Term 2 2023
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These websites will help you to find sources for your assignment
Ancient and modern interpretations of Agrippina - This website is a summary of ancient and modern historians' views on Agrippina. It doesn't include quotes, but you can use it as a starting point to find historians to follow up on.
Ancient and modern interpretations of Agrippina - This website is a summary of ancient and modern historians' views on Agrippina. It doesn't include quotes, but you can use it as a starting point to find historians to follow up on.
Ancient sources
Tacitus: Nero and the murder of Agrippina (Book XIV, 1-16) [archive] *what does [archive] mean? Tacitus and Suetonius on the death of Agrippina (ad59) - This page compares the accounts of Tacitus and Suetonius on Agrippina's death, with comments made by the web page creator (who is a history teacher and author of many history textbooks). Best viewed using Firefox Sources on Agrippina's early life - The web page creator has included explanatory comments. |
Modern sources
Mythbusting Ancient Rome: The Emperor Nero - The Conversation - Whilst this article is about Nero, it mentions Agrippina and also discusses why ancient authors included rumours in their accounts.
Agrippina the Younger: Unofficial First Empress of the Roman Empire - A short article written by a modern historian with an interest in Agrippina.
Agrippina's character and significance - A summary of what some modern historians say about Agrippina's character and political significance. The historians are mostly paraphrased so you will need to look further to find actual quotes.
Agrippina's role in the early years of Nero's reign - A summary of modern historians' views.
Claudius' reign - The part played by Agrippina - A summary of modern historians' views.
Mythbusting Ancient Rome: The Emperor Nero - The Conversation - Whilst this article is about Nero, it mentions Agrippina and also discusses why ancient authors included rumours in their accounts.
Agrippina the Younger: Unofficial First Empress of the Roman Empire - A short article written by a modern historian with an interest in Agrippina.
Agrippina's character and significance - A summary of what some modern historians say about Agrippina's character and political significance. The historians are mostly paraphrased so you will need to look further to find actual quotes.
Agrippina's role in the early years of Nero's reign - A summary of modern historians' views.
Claudius' reign - The part played by Agrippina - A summary of modern historians' views.
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Academic articles
Wood, S 2000 'The incredible, vanishing wives of Nero', [conference paper], USA. - This is a long article that talks more about Nero's wives than about Agrippina, but you can search for mentions of Agrippina by using ctrl+F and typing Agrippina into the search box that appears at the top of the page. To access the following articles you will need to use the State Library databases. You can log in to these with a local library card, you just need to register it first. Choose the database mentioned in italics and enter the title of the article into the search box once you've logged in. EBSCO Romm, J 2014, ‘The woman who would rule Rome’, History Today, vol. 64, is. 4, pp. 10-16. ProQuest Malloc, SJV 2007, ‘Ginsburg (J.) Representing Agrippina. Constructions of Female Power in the Early Roman Empire. Pp. viii + 147, ills. New York: Oxford University Press/American Philological Association, 2006. Cased, £26.99. ISBN: 978-0-19-518141-8.’, The Classical Review, vol. 57, is. 2, pp. 477-478. - A review of the Ginsburg book mentioned above. Kirkus Reviews, 1996 ‘AGRIPPINA: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire’, Kirkus Reviews, is. 16. - A review of the Barratt book mentioned above. Paul, A 1988, ‘Agrippina II used statues as propaganda, scholar says’, The Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 34, is. 48, pp. A5, A7. - The article is spread over two pages, A5 and the top lefthand corner of A7. |
Online books
Google Books are books that have been partially digitised (they do not digitise the whole book for copyright reasons). They are a good way to find scholarly books without having to go to the library, but be aware that the section you need may be missing so don't leave things until the last minute. You can use the 'search inside' function but if it's a book specifically about Agrippina, don't search for Agrippina- you'll get thousands of results. Be more specific.
The women of the Caesars, by Guglielmo Ferrero (1911) - Project Gutenberg
Agrippina: Sex, power and politics in the early empire, by Anthony A. Barrett (1996) - Google Books
Agrippina: Mother of Nero, wife of Claudius, sister of Caligula, by Anthony A. Barrett (1996) - Google Books
Imperial women: A study in public images, 40 B.C. - A.D. 60, by Susan E. Wood (2000) - Google Books
Representing Agrippina: Constructions of female power in the early Roman Empire, by Judith Ginsburg (2006) - Google Books
Google Books are books that have been partially digitised (they do not digitise the whole book for copyright reasons). They are a good way to find scholarly books without having to go to the library, but be aware that the section you need may be missing so don't leave things until the last minute. You can use the 'search inside' function but if it's a book specifically about Agrippina, don't search for Agrippina- you'll get thousands of results. Be more specific.
The women of the Caesars, by Guglielmo Ferrero (1911) - Project Gutenberg
Agrippina: Sex, power and politics in the early empire, by Anthony A. Barrett (1996) - Google Books
Agrippina: Mother of Nero, wife of Claudius, sister of Caligula, by Anthony A. Barrett (1996) - Google Books
Imperial women: A study in public images, 40 B.C. - A.D. 60, by Susan E. Wood (2000) - Google Books
Representing Agrippina: Constructions of female power in the early Roman Empire, by Judith Ginsburg (2006) - Google Books
Where to look further
If the articles and digital books don't have the information you're looking for see if your local library has the book by the author you are interested in (you can search their catalogues online); even if they don't have the book you can visit the library and ask about an inter-library loan, where they will borrow the book from another library for you. If you feel confident using databases you can look in databases other than EBSCO and Proquest. (Don't bother with Google Scholar, we searched there and didn't find much that was relevant) |
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