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Regilla was married at age 15 to wealthy Greek Herodes. Twenty years later, eight months pregnant with her sixth child, she died under mysterious circumstances from a blow delivered by Herodes's freedman. Herodes was charged but acquitted. This investigation suggests that despite his erection of monuments to his deceased wife, Herodes was guilty.
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The Murder of Regilla, Sarah B. Pomeroy
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- The Murder of Regilla
- Subtitle
- A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sarah B. Pomeroy
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 264
- ISBN10
- 0674034899
- ISBN13
- 9780674034891
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Biographies, Women, Autobiographies & Memoirs, USA, Biographies, Ancient History, True Crime, Rome, Ancient Rome
- Rating
- 3.2 out of 5
- Description
- Regilla was married at age 15 to wealthy Greek Herodes. Twenty years later, eight months pregnant with her sixth child, she died under mysterious circumstances from a blow delivered by Herodes's freedman. Herodes was charged but acquitted. This investigation suggests that despite his erection of monuments to his deceased wife, Herodes was guilty.