Julia Domna: Syrian Empress - Brossura

Levick, Barbara

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0415331447 ISBN 13: 9780415331449

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

Riassunto

This book covers Julia’s life, and charts her travels throughout the Empire from Aswan to York during a period of profound upheaval, and seeks the truth about this woman who inspired such extreme and contrasting views, exposing the instability of our sources about her, and characterizing a sympathetic, courageous, intelligent, and important woman.

This book contains a fresh re-assessment of the one of the most significant figures of her time and questions:

· Was Julia more powerful than earlier empresses?
· Did she really promote despotism?
· How seriously is her literary circle to be taken?

As part of a dynasty which used force and violence to preserve its rule, she was distrusted by its subjects; as a Syrian, she was the object of prejudice; as a woman with power, she was resented. On the other hand, Domna was the centre of a literary circle considered highly significant by nineteenth-century admirers.

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Contenuti:

Chronology  1. Introduction  2. The Women of Emesa  3. Marriage  4. Domna on Her Travels  5. Empress  6. The Reign of Caracalla  7. Cultural Activities  8. Image and Cult  9. Aftermath  Bibliographies.  Glossary.  Indexes  1. Places, with Modern Equivalents  2. Persons  3. General

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Book by Levick Barbara

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0415331447
• ISBN 13: 9780415331449
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288