Dominae and fashion: Julia Domna, the female side of Severan power
According to Cassius Dio, after Marcus Aurelius' death Rome would have passed «from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust»: indeed, after the killing of Commodus in 192 AD, it began a serious crisis, in which the
Dominae and fashion: Agrippina the Elder, the perfect matron
Observing the Roman marble portraits in Room IX, one can note the presence of the one belonging to Agrippina Maggiore, an important female character of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Daughter of Julia and Agrippa, granddaughter of Augustus, wife of Germanicus and
