Emma Southon Books in Order

Emma Southon examines the family during the transition from Roman rule to early medieval society. Marriage, sexuality, and death reveal conflicts among legal traditions, Christian authority, and political power as institutions reshaped everyday relationships in Western Europe.

Emma Southon traces Agrippina’s life through exile, imperial marriage, and her relationship with Nero. The biography examines the contradictory accounts surrounding a woman who pursued extraordinary influence within the first ruling family of the Roman Empire.

Emma Southon uses cases of murder to explore how ancient Romans understood violence, status, punishment, and human value. Imperial assassinations and other killings reveal a society whose assumptions about life and death differed sharply across circumstances and social position.

Through the lives of twenty-one women, Emma Southon presents an alternative history of Rome. Figures ranging from poets and business owners to rebels and empresses reveal experiences often excluded from narratives centered on emperors, military victories, and public power.

This illustrated children’s history explores Roman Britain through its upheavals, daily life, and dramatic changes. Greg Jenner and historian Emma Southon guide readers from the era’s beginnings to its end, presenting the past through humorous explanations and lively detail.

Emma Southon examines the enslaved people whose labor sustained the Roman Empire, from agriculture and construction to entertainment and domestic service. Their experiences, resistance, and possible routes to freedom reveal the human foundations beneath Rome’s wealth and expansion.