{"product_id":"agrippina-the-younger-spiral-notebook","title":"Agrippina The Younger - Spiral Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Agrippina the Younger spiral notebook features a dramatic portrait of Rome's most formidable woman, part of the \u003cstrong\u003eBad Boys of Rome\u003c\/strong\u003e collection. A distinguished notebook for the desk, classroom, or study - and a compelling gift for history enthusiasts, classics lovers, and students of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT JULIA AGRIPPINA (15 AD – 59 AD)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was the great-granddaughter of Augustus, the sister of Caligula, the wife of Claudius, and the mother of Nero. No other woman in Roman history moved through so many centers of imperial power - and in each one, she was never merely an observer. Agrippina the Younger spent her life accumulating influence in a world that offered women no formal path to it, and she was extraordinarily good at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer rise to its peak came when she married the emperor Claudius in 49 AD and maneuvered her son Nero onto the throne ahead of Claudius's own biological heir. When Claudius died in 54 AD - under circumstances ancient sources found suspicious - Nero became emperor at sixteen, and Agrippina stood beside him as the most powerful woman Rome had seen. For a time, coins bore both their faces. She held audiences with foreign ambassadors. She was, in all but title, a co-ruler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe arrangement didn't last. As Nero grew into his authority, he grew out of hers. She was stripped of her guards, removed from the palace, and finally, in 59 AD, killed on her son's orders. Ancient accounts of her death are dramatic and contested, but the outcome is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistory has struggled to know what to do with Julia Agrippina. Ancient writers, nearly all men, treated her ambition as monstrous - the same qualities praised in Roman statesmen condemned in her as corruption. Modern historians have largely revisited that judgment. What's clear is that she understood power as well as anyone in the empire, operated in conditions designed to exclude her, and left a deeper mark on Roman history than most of the men who formally held office beside her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e90 gsm paper for a smooth, bleed-resistant writing experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal spiral binding for flat, easy page turning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocument pocket inside cover for notes and loose pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e118 ruled pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact 6\" x 8\" format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Printify","offers":[{"title":"One Size","offer_id":49617323753639,"sku":"79844358759552450745","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2249\/5399\/files\/agrippina-the-younger-spiral-notebook-roman-empress-illustration.jpg?v=1778466394","url":"https:\/\/legendsketch.com\/products\/agrippina-the-younger-spiral-notebook","provider":"LegendSketch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}