Julia Domna : Syrian Empress Paperback / softback
by Barbara (University of Oxford, UK) Levick
Part of the Women of the Ancient World series
Paperback / softback
Description
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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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, 5 Line drawings, black and white; 33 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:10/05/2007
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- ISBN:9780415331449
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, 5 Line drawings, black and white; 33 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:10/05/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415331449
