The Lives of Roman Empresses

The “MediaBook” studio presents the exciting audio book by Oscar Pio—“The Life of Roman Empresses.”

"No history of peoples is as interesting and at the same time as instructive as the history of ancient Rome. The ruler of almost the entire world eventually became the slave of barbarians; all this has been recorded by history in its time. But what has not yet been developed is this: the influence of women—both on the culture and on the downfall of this gigantic state. Historians, including Tacitus, rightly find that ancient Rome fell due to the effeminacy and complete moral corruption of its citizens. And women contributed to both.

Roman empresses, influencing their husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers, developed in them—not unimaginable abilities—but sensual ones, which later doomed the country. No story shows us so many strange and varied characters as Roman history does. Among truly heroic women’s deeds, you can find funny courtesans or outright deranged debauchees like Messalina. But the life of the Roman empresses is remarkable because it forms one history: a series of consecutive scenes of the same drama."

Oscar Pio, “The Life of Roman Empresses”