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Levick, Barbara

JULIA DOMNA Syrian Empress Near Fine with no dust jacket

Routledge, 2007

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Year of publication
2007
Author
Levick, Barbara
Publishers
Routledge
Keyword
Roman History Near Eastern Studies Women's Studies Imperial, Roman Empire
Cover description
Near Fine with no dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 0415331439

Description

Gift inscription from author to Elaine Matthews on ffep. One corner slightly rubbed else Fine. ; Women of the Ancient World; 288 pages; 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. ; Signed by Author