Isbn: 9781848853621 - the crimes of elagabalus: the life and legacy of rome's decadent boy emperor (6 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Condizione: Very Good. Volume cartonato rigido di pagine XI-276 con 17 illustrazioni fuori testo, sovraccoperta figurata. Testo in lingua inglese, English text. Opera in ottime condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine. Elagablus, raised to the throne at the age of fourteen in 218 AD, and assassinated only four years later, remains among the most notorious and enigmatic of Roman Emperors. The contemporary and Byzantine sources on his reign portray a life of decadence and sexual and criminal excess, as well as religious affront to Rome's traditions. In this entertaining but scholarly read Martijn Icks treats the lurid contemporary stories alongside the emperor's afterlife in art and literature, seeking both to get at what may actually have happened in his reign and how his actions should be interpreted and at how they have resonated down the centuries. He takes a thematic approach, examining aspects of the reign and Elagabalus' otherness in turn, including his Syrian upbringing, his religious reforms and his reputation for decadence, whilst at the same time showing that religion aside, there is little from the non literary sources which actually marks out his reign as unusual. Book.…

Hard Back. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 2011. HARD BACK. The Crimes of Elagabalus: . A VERY GOOD BOOK IN A LIGHTLY SHELF WORN DUST JACKET. TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS VERY GOOD WITH NICE BRIGHT PAGES. , POSTED FROM THE UK IN 1-2 WORKING DAYS, IN A PROTECTIVE CARD WRAP.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Published by I.B.Tauris in 2011, here is the superb hardback printing of Martijn Icks' The Crimes of Elagabalus: The Life and Legacy of Rome's Decadent Boy Emperor. Black cloth binding, silver spine lettering, 276 pages, illustrations the book and dust jacket are both in very good condition. …

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