Wholesale Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome

Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome by Jane Draycott Jane Draycott reclaims the life story of Fulvia, one of the most powerful women of the late Roman Republic   Fulvia was born into wealth, privilege, and prestige around the year 80 BCE, yet there was nothing inherently special about her—she was not a saint, an empress, or a queen. But during the years leading up to the fall of the Roman Republic, Fulvia was moving in the most powerful social circles, and by her death in 40 BCE she had amassed a degree of political and military power unprecedented for a woman.   Fulvia’s success came at considerable cost, however. None of her three marriages to politically powerful men—most famously to Marc Antony—lasted, and three of her five children died violently.