Fortuna e sfortuna di una basíleia. Recensione a Lorenzo Braccesi, Olimpiade, regina di Macedonia. La madre di Alessandro Magno, Salerno Editrice, Roma 2019

In recent years the studies dedicated to famous women in Greek and Roman ages have been enriched by the volumes of Lorenzo Braccesi, who proposed new detailed analysis on some eminent females in ancient Greece and in the Roman Empire. Among these figures the mother of Alexander the Great, Olimpias, represents the subject of the last book titled Olimpiade, regina di Macedonia. La madre di Alessandro Magno, Salerno Editrice, Roma 2019. The review aims at highlighting some aspects discussed in the volume by Braccesi, who drives the reader to discover the role of Olimpias in the national and international dynamics during the kingdom of her husband, Filippo II, and of her son Alexander the Great.