TY  - BOOK
AU  - Langford,Julie
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Maternal megalomania: Julia Domna and the imperial politics of motherhood 
SN  - 9781421408484
AV  - DG298.7.J85 L36 2013
U1  - 937/.07092B 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - The Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Julia Domna,
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Rome
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Ideology
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Motherhood
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 30 B.C.-284 A.D
KW  - History
KW  - Severans, 193-235
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index; Introduction --  Julia Domna, who? -- Carving the niche : Methodologies and Evidence -- Severan Dynastic Propaganda and Julia Domna -- Pay no attention to the mother behind the screen, 193-195 -- Metaphorical Motherhood, 195-211 -- Mater Augustorum, Mater Senatus, Mater Patriae, 211-217 -- Putting Ducks into Rows -- chapter 1. Not Your Momma : Problematizing Julia Domna as the Mater Castrorum -- Women and the Military -- Faustina Minor : The Mother of all Matres Castrorum -- The Military and the Domus Augusta : All in the Family? -- Severus and Mater Castrorum -- Severus and the Military (and Julia Domna) -- About Face! -- Conclusion -- chapter 2. Romancing Romans : Julia Domna and the Populus Romanus -- The Nature of the Sources -- The Princeps and the Plebs -- The Roman Populace, Public Demonstrations and Divine Inspiration -- Severan Propaganda and the Urban Plebs -- Julia Domna in Severan Propaganda -- Severus, the populus Romanus and the Collegia -- And Julia Domna? -- But what does it all mean? -- chapter 3. Senatorial Savior : Julia Domna as Protectress -- Natural Rivals : Imperial women and the Senate -- Severus' Senate -- Creating Consensus in the Senate : Wooing, Marginalizing and Exterminating -- Negotiating Dynasty : Maternal Megalomania and Senatorial Subversions -- Moderating Maternal Megalomania -- Murder, Mayham and Rumor : Renegotiating Ideology -- Conclusion: On the dangers of taking ideology too seriously -- Appendix A: Hoard Details of the Severan Hoard Analysis Database -- Appendix B: Frequency of coin types of Julia Domna in Hoards around the Mediterranean
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421408484/
ER  -