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Rome's Revolution
Death of the Republic and Birth of the Empire
Taschenbuch von Richard Alston
Sprache: Englisch

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Two of the most famous mosaics from the ancient world, in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, depict the sixth-century emperor Justinian and, on the wall facing him, his wife, Theodora (497-548). This majestic portrait gives no inkling of Theodora's very humble beginnings or her improbable rise to fame and power. Raised in a family of circus performers near Constantinople's Hippodrome, she abandoned a successful acting career in her late teens to follow a lover whom she was legally forbidden to marry. When he left her, she was a single mother who built a new life for herself as a secret agent, in which role she met the heir to the throne. To the shock of the ruling elite, the two were married, and when Justinian assumed power in 527, they ruled the Eastern Roman Empire together. Their reign was the most celebrated in Byzantine history, bringing wealth, prestige, and even Rome itself back to the Empire. Theodora was one of the dominant political figures of her era, helping shape imperial foreign and domestic policy and twice saving her husband from threatened deposition. She played a central role trying to solve the religious disputes of her era and proactively assisted women who were being trafficked. An extraordinarily able politician, she excited admiration and hatred from those around her. Enemies wrote extensively and imaginatively about her presumed early career as a prostitute, while supporters elevated her, quite literally, to sainthood. Theodora's is a tale of a woman of exceptional talent who overcame immense obstacles to achieve incredible power, which she exercised without ever forgetting where she had come from. In Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint, David Potter penetrates the highly biased accounts of her found in the writings of her contemporaries and takes advantage of the latest research on early Byzantium to craft a modern, well-rounded, and engaging narrative of Theodora's life. This fascinating portrait will intrigue all readers with an interest in ancient and women's history.
Two of the most famous mosaics from the ancient world, in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, depict the sixth-century emperor Justinian and, on the wall facing him, his wife, Theodora (497-548). This majestic portrait gives no inkling of Theodora's very humble beginnings or her improbable rise to fame and power. Raised in a family of circus performers near Constantinople's Hippodrome, she abandoned a successful acting career in her late teens to follow a lover whom she was legally forbidden to marry. When he left her, she was a single mother who built a new life for herself as a secret agent, in which role she met the heir to the throne. To the shock of the ruling elite, the two were married, and when Justinian assumed power in 527, they ruled the Eastern Roman Empire together. Their reign was the most celebrated in Byzantine history, bringing wealth, prestige, and even Rome itself back to the Empire. Theodora was one of the dominant political figures of her era, helping shape imperial foreign and domestic policy and twice saving her husband from threatened deposition. She played a central role trying to solve the religious disputes of her era and proactively assisted women who were being trafficked. An extraordinarily able politician, she excited admiration and hatred from those around her. Enemies wrote extensively and imaginatively about her presumed early career as a prostitute, while supporters elevated her, quite literally, to sainthood. Theodora's is a tale of a woman of exceptional talent who overcame immense obstacles to achieve incredible power, which she exercised without ever forgetting where she had come from. In Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint, David Potter penetrates the highly biased accounts of her found in the writings of her contemporaries and takes advantage of the latest research on early Byzantium to craft a modern, well-rounded, and engaging narrative of Theodora's life. This fascinating portrait will intrigue all readers with an interest in ancient and women's history.
Über den Autor
Richard Alston is Professor of Roman History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His previous books include Aspects of Roman History 31 BC-AD 117 and Soldier and Society in Roman Egypt.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgements

  • Preface

  • The Historian's Problem

  • Death of a Dictator

  • The Crisis of the Republic

  • Caesar and Pompey

  • Mutina: The Last Battle of the Republic

  • A Victory Lost: The Defeat of the Senate

  • The Revolution Begins

  • Death in Rome

  • The Revolution Complete: From Philippi to Perusia

  • The Triumviral Wars

  • Antony and Cleopatra: Love and its Enemies

  • The Invention of Augustus

  • The Augustan Republic

  • Anarchy and Power

  • The Imperial Order

  • The Conquest of the World

  • Buying Rome: Empire, Money, and Power in the Augustan Regime

  • Death of an Emperor

  • Epilogue: Tiberius the Emperor

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190663469
ISBN-10: 0190663464
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Alston, Richard
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Richard Alston
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2017
Gewicht: 0,689 kg
Artikel-ID: 108488598
Über den Autor
Richard Alston is Professor of Roman History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His previous books include Aspects of Roman History 31 BC-AD 117 and Soldier and Society in Roman Egypt.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Acknowledgements

  • Preface

  • The Historian's Problem

  • Death of a Dictator

  • The Crisis of the Republic

  • Caesar and Pompey

  • Mutina: The Last Battle of the Republic

  • A Victory Lost: The Defeat of the Senate

  • The Revolution Begins

  • Death in Rome

  • The Revolution Complete: From Philippi to Perusia

  • The Triumviral Wars

  • Antony and Cleopatra: Love and its Enemies

  • The Invention of Augustus

  • The Augustan Republic

  • Anarchy and Power

  • The Imperial Order

  • The Conquest of the World

  • Buying Rome: Empire, Money, and Power in the Augustan Regime

  • Death of an Emperor

  • Epilogue: Tiberius the Emperor

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780190663469
ISBN-10: 0190663464
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Alston, Richard
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Richard Alston
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2017
Gewicht: 0,689 kg
Artikel-ID: 108488598
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