Elaine Fantham studies the life of Augustus' only child, Julia, in a time of radical social, political and dynastic change which brought her from successful marriage and motherhood to disgrace and exile.

Introduction. Julia's Birth and Family. Julia's Girlhood. Marriage to Agrippa. Julia's Boys. The Grass Widow and Her Humiliation. Julia's Daughters. The Death of Augustus, and Ruin of the Julian Branch