XX. THE ROMANCE OF EUDOXIA AND EUDOCIA 322 XXI. THE LAST EMPRESSES OF THE WEST 340 INDEX 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CRISPINA. Bust in the British Museum _Frontispiece_ From a photograph by W. A. MANSELL & CO. FACING PAGE LIVIA AS CERES. Statue in the Louvre 20 JULIA. Bust in the Museum Chiaramonti 28 AGRIPPINA THE ELDER. Bust in the Museum Chiaramonti 46 MESSALINA. Bust in the Uffizi Palace, Florence 70 AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER. Bust in Museo Nazionale, Florence 82 OCTAVIA. Porphyry Bust in the Louvre 112 POPPÆA. Bust in the Capitoline Museum, Rome 118 From a photograph by ANDERSON. DOMITIA. Bust in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence 130 PLOTINA. Statue in the Louvre 142 From a photograph by W. A. MANSELL & CO. SABINA. Bust in the British Museum 154 From a photograph by W. A. MANSELL & CO. FAUSTINA THE ELDER. Bust in the Louvre 164 From a photograph by A. GIRAUDON. FAUSTINA THE YOUNGER. Bust (reputed) in the British Museum 172 From a photograph by W. A. MANSELL & CO. LUCILLA. Bust in the National Museum, Rome 184 From a photograph by ANDERSON. JULIA DOMNA. Bust in the Vatican Museum 202 From a photograph by ANDERSON. JULIA MÆSA. Bust in the Capitoline Museum, Rome 214 From a photograph by ANDERSON. JULIA MAMÆA. Bust in the British Museum 226 From a photograph by W. A. MANSELL & CO. MARCIA OTACILIA SEVERA 236 From a photograph by W. A. MANSELL & CO. ZENOBIA 248 Enlarged from coin in the Berlin Museum. SALONINA AND VALERIA 262 Enlarged from coins in the British Museum. FAUSTA AND FLAVIA HELENA 280 Enlarged from coins in the British Museum. ÆLIA FLACCILLA AND HONORIA 316 Enlarged from coins in the British Museum. EUDOXIA AND PULCHERIA 330 Enlarged from coins in the British Museum. PLACIDIA AND EUPHEMIA 342 Enlarged from coins in the British Museum. THE EMPRESSES OF ROME INTRODUCTION