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020 _a9781421408484
020 _a1421408481
020 _z9781421408477 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
020 _z1421408473 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aDG298.7.J85
_bL36 2013
082 0 0 _a937/.07092
_aB
_223
100 1 _aLangford, Julie,
_d1967-
245 1 0 _aMaternal megalomania
_h[electronic resource] :
_bJulia Domna and the imperial politics of motherhood /
_cJulie Langford.
260 _aBaltimore :
_bThe Johns Hopkins University Press,
_c2013.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (xi, 203 pages :)
_billustrations ;
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 0 0 _aJulia Domna,
_cEmpress, consort of Severus, Lucius Septimius, Emperor of Rome,
_d-217
_xPublic opinion.
600 0 0 _aJulia Domna,
_cEmpress, consort of Severus, Lucius Septimius, Emperor of Rome,
_d-217.
651 0 _aRome
_xPolitics and government
_y30 B.C.-284 A.D.
651 0 _aRome
_xHistory
_ySeverans, 193-235.
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zRome.
650 0 _aPopular culture
_zRome.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zRome.
650 0 _aIdeology
_xPolitical aspects
_zRome.
650 0 _aImperialism
_xSocial aspects
_zRome.
650 0 _aMotherhood
_xPolitical aspects
_zRome.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421408484/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c31901
_d31901