Clodia Metelli is, perhaps, best known as an enemy of Cicero, and a supposed lover of her brother the infamous P. Clodius Pulcher. It is difficult to get a balanced view of her from the small amount of ancient material available about her. Marilyn Skinner manages, however, to do just that, and to put her into the context of the times she lived in. Her world, with all its political machinations, is brought to life in this biography of a Roman aristocrat who had the money and the brains to buck the trend of accepted female behaviour. Highly recommended.