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Rome´s Christian Empress: Galla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire
Joyce E. Salisbury
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Description for Rome´s Christian Empress: Galla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire
Hardback. Compulsively readable, Rome's Christian Empress is the first full-length work to give this fascinating and complex ruler her due. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20, 1 colour illustrations, 11 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings, 7. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; AN; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
In Rome's Christian Empress, Joyce E. Salisbury brings the captivating story of Rome's Christian empress to life. The daughter of Roman emperor Theodosius I, Galla Placidia lived at the center of imperial Roman power during the first half of the fifth century. Taken hostage after the fall of Rome to the Goths, she was married to the king and, upon his death, to a Roman general. The rare woman who traveled throughout Italy, Gaul, and Spain, she eventually returned to Rome, where her young son was crowned as the emperor of the western Roman provinces. Placidia served as his regent, ... Read more
In Rome's Christian Empress, Joyce E. Salisbury brings the captivating story of Rome's Christian empress to life. The daughter of Roman emperor Theodosius I, Galla Placidia lived at the center of imperial Roman power during the first half of the fifth century. Taken hostage after the fall of Rome to the Goths, she was married to the king and, upon his death, to a Roman general. The rare woman who traveled throughout Italy, Gaul, and Spain, she eventually returned to Rome, where her young son was crowned as the emperor of the western Roman provinces. Placidia served as his regent, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
470g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421417004
SKU
V9781421417004
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About Joyce E. Salisbury
Joyce E. Salisbury is professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She is the author of Perpetua's Passion: Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman and The Beast Within: Animals in the Middle Ages.
Reviews for Rome´s Christian Empress: Galla Placidia Rules at the Twilight of the Empire
A useful, scholarly, and engaging examination of Placidia and late antiquity. Choice