Can I read Julia Domna : Syrian Empress on EtoBox?

Julia Domna : Syrian Empress by Barbara Levick is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Julia Domna : Syrian Empress about?

Julia Domna's influence on her age, unlike that of most women of ancient Rome, has not been underestimated. Throughout history she has been regarded as one of the most important figures to operate behind the imperial throne. In fact, as the Emperor Septimius Severus' prized and respected wife and the loyal mother of Caracalla, who joined them and their armies in their travels, she was on hand for all the Emperors' decisions and a figure visible throughout the Empire.Yet her fame has come at a price. 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. Such judgements have been persistent: some modern historians blame Julia and her dynasty for the century of crisis that followed their rule, for the corruption of the Empire, civil war, oriental despotism, and exotic novelties in the imperial cult.On the other hand, Domna was the centre of a literary circle considered highly significant by nineteenth-century admirers.This book contains an overdue reassessment of these assumptions:• Was Julia more powerful than earlier empresses?• Did she really

Who reads Julia Domna : Syrian Empress?

Author

Barbara Levick

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781134323487

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir