Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 3

Background information:

Pomponia Graecina  was grand daughter to  Vipsania Agrippina, first wife of emperor Tiberius and therefore related to the Julio Claudian dynasty.  Pomponia's mother was Asinia, the daughter of Vipsania and her second husband Gaius Asinus Gallus.
Pomponia’s father was Gaius Pomponius Graecina.  Having a home in Rome and possibly property in the country.  In her young life she would have been taught at home alongside her brothers.  
Parents arranged marriages with aristocratic families connected as closely as possible to Ceasar's relations.  
In  research on life in ancient Rome it became clear that most of recorded history is written from a man's perspective.  Women had little public status, certainly no written material we can read about today.   There are a few snippets of poetry by women writers but even this is usually a man quoting or referring to her work. The dominant women mentioned in works by historians,  like Suotonius and Tacitus etc were wives and relatives of rulers and politicians.  Women  were mentioned only for their notorious acts of power grabbing, husband manipulation and crimes against the emperor and their relatives.  Being so long ago,   the absolute truthfulness cannot be verified and is, as above,  written from a Roman man's perspective.   
This led to the research for my book,  and asking questions about woman of that time.  There must be another story behind all those  scholarly accounts -  women that cared,  not being merely out for political gain. Women that wanted to make a difference to the  lives of the mistreated slaves and children.  To me, Pomponia would have been this type of woman.  A woman we could relate to.  Being  determined to make a difference, using patience and skills in subtle ways within her story.  A woman of courage and resilience,  kind and courageous but not inhibited by her life being put in potential  jeopardy.

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If you think ancient history has little relevant today, listen to the story of Pomponia Graecina, a noblewomen with a heart for the unseen, records her life's experiences first hand.  A woman's eye view of the Roman world, rarely heard.