David Potter (Francis W. Kelsey Collegiate Professor of Greek and R

Theodora

Actress, Empress, Saint

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Produktbeschreibung

An engaging biography of one of history's most intriguing and powerful women: Theodora, Empress of Byzantium.

Produktdetails

• Women in Antiquity
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 158mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780190692759
• ISBN-10: 0190692758
• Artikelnr.: 47973955

Autorenporträt

David Potter is Francis W. Kelsey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Roman History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. His books include Constantine the Emperor, The Victor's Crown, Emperors of Rome, and Ancient Rome: A New History.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Constantinople
2. Telling Nasty Stories
3. Sex and the Stage
4. Factions and Networks
5. Patrician
6. The Succession
7. Augusta: The First Five Years
8. Revolution
9. War and Religion
10. Plots and Plague
11. Last Years
12. Legacy
Dramatis Personae
Timeline
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Notes