Download or read book Rome s Christian Empress written by Joyce E. Salisbury and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction. A Forgotten Empress -- 1 The "Most Noble" Princess: 379-395 -- 2 Orphan Princess in Stilicho's Shadow: 395-408 -- 3 Held Hostage by the Goths: 408-412 -- 4 Queen of the Visigoths: 411-416 -- 5 Wife and Mother in Ravenna: 416-424 -- 6 Empress of the Romans: 424-437 -- 7 The Empress Mother and Her Children: 438-455 -- Epilogue. The Fall of the Western Empire: 455-476 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Download or read book Galla Placidia written by Hagith Sivan and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wedding in Gaul (414) -- Funerals in Barcelona (414-416) -- Making of an empress (417-425) -- Restoration and rehabilitation (425-431) -- Bride, a book, and a pope (437-438) -- Between Rome and Ravenna (438-450).

Download or read book The Empresses of Rome written by Joseph McCabe and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Empress Galla Placidia and the Fall of the Roman Empire written by Kenneth Atkinson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-05-18 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite her status as one of history's most important women, the story of Galla Placidia's life has been largely forgotten. Though the Roman empress witnessed the decline and fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and lived a life of almost constant suffering, her actions helped postpone the fall of Rome and had massive, widespread impact on the empire that can still be felt today. She watched the barbarian king Alaric and his horde of Visigoth warriors sack Rome, slaughter many of the city's inhabitants, and take her hostage. Surviving captivity, Galla Placidia became the queen of the barbarians who had imprisoned her. Eventually, she became the only woman to rule the Roman empire alone. Soldiers obeyed her commands while Popes and Christian saints alike sought her advice. Despite all obstacles and likely suffering from what we now know as PTSD, she lived to an old age by the standards of the time. This book uses the letters and writings of Galla Placidia's contemporaries to reconstruct, in more depth and detail than has previously been attempted, the remarkable story of her life and the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

Download or read book Galla Placidia written by Sonia Sorrell and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The time was the late Imperial period, an era when Rome wore her& ;vast empire like a huge ancient toga, worn thin from overuse, badly& ;tattered and frayed around the edges, and studded too sparsely with& ;precious jewels. Galla Placidia was one of those few precious jewels . . .& ;a brilliant diamond sparkling in the last rays of a setting sun.& ;This historical novel is based on the true story of a remarkable& ;woman who lived at a major crossroads of history, when the ancient& ;pagan past was overtaken by the strong young religion of Christianity.& ;Daughter, sister, wife, and mother of emperors, Galla Placidia was& ;instrumental in leading Rome through the tumultuous transition from a& ;pagan to a Christian state.& ;The product of three years of research and visits to each of the& ;original sites from Lisbon to Istanbul, the book follows the life of Galla& ;Placidia from her privileged Imperial youth and her abduction by the& ;Goths when she was twenty, through her marriage to the Gothic chieftain& ;and his assassination, to her return to Rome, her marriage to the Roman& ;emperor, and finally to the years she served as regent for her young son.& ;Even in death, Galla Placidia's story defies the ordinaryGalla Placidia is& ;buried in the catacombs beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, resting& ;near the Great Fisherman himself

Download or read book Rome s Christian Empress written by Joyce E. Salisbury and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The page-turning account of Galla Placidia, a remarkable ruler at the twilight of the Roman Empire. 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, ruling the Roman Empire and the provinces for twenty years. Salisbury restores this influential, too-often forgotten woman to the center stage of this crucial period. Describing Galla Placidia’s life from childhood to death while detailing the political and military developments that influenced her—and that she influenced in turn—the book relies on religious and political sources to weave together a narrative that combines social, cultural, political, and theological history. The Roman world changed dramatically during Placidia’s rule: the Empire became Christian, barbarian tribes settled throughout the West, and Rome began its unmistakable decline. But during her long reign, Placidia wielded formidable power. She fended off violent invaders and usurpers who challenged her Theodosian dynasty; presided over the dawn of the Catholic Church as theological controversies split the faithful and church practices and holidays were established; and spent fortunes building churches and mosaics that incorporated prominent images of herself and her family. Compulsively readable, Rome’s Christian Empress is the first full-length work to give this fascinating and complex ruler her due.

Download or read book Pagan and Christian Rome written by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pagans and Christians in the Late Roman Empire written by Marianne Sághy and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do the terms 'pagan' and 'Christian,' 'transition from paganism to Christianity' still hold as explanatory devices to apply to the political, religious and cultural transformation experienced Empire-wise? Revisiting 'pagans' and 'Christians' in Late Antiquity has been a fertile site of scholarship in recent years: the paradigm shift in the interpretation of the relations between 'pagans' and 'Christians' replaced the old 'conflict model' with a subtler, complex approach and triggered the upsurge of new explanatory models such as multiculturalism, cohabitation, cooperation, identity, or group cohesion. This collection of essays, inscribes itself into the revisionist discussion of pagan-Christian relations over a broad territory and time-span, the Roman Empire from the fourth to the eighth century. A set of papers argues that if 'paganism' had never been fully extirpated or denied by the multiethnic educated elite that managed the Roman Empire, 'Christianity' came to be presented by the same elite as providing a way for a wider group of people to combine true philosophy and right religion. The speed with which this happened is just as remarkable as the long persistence of paganism after the sea-change of the fourth century that made Christianity the official religion of the State. For a long time afterwards, 'pagans' and 'Christians' lived 'in between' polytheistic and monotheist traditions and disputed Classical and non-Classical legacies.

Download or read book The Empresses of Rome written by Joseph McCabe and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Empresses of Rome" est un ouvrage de Joseph McCabe, historien britannique et ancien prêtre franciscain, publié en 1911. Dans ce livre, McCabe explore la vie et l'influence des impératrices romaines, des femmes qui, par leur mariage avec les empereurs, ont joué des rôles clés dans l'histoire de l'Empire romain. McCabe présente une série de biographies détaillées de plusieurs impératrices romaines, depuis Livia, épouse d'Auguste, jusqu'aux femmes des derniers empereurs. Il examine leurs vies, leurs personnalités, leurs ambitions, et leur influence sur la politique et la culture de l'époque. L'ouvrage s'intéresse également aux intrigues de la cour, aux alliances matrimoniales, et aux rivalités qui ont souvent marqué la vie des impératrices. Les biographies mettent en lumière les défis auxquels ces femmes ont dû faire face dans un monde dominé par les hommes et montrent comment elles ont utilisé leur position pour exercer du pouvoir, parfois de manière subtile et indirecte, mais souvent avec une grande efficacité. Certaines impératrices sont présentées comme des figures puissantes et influentes, capables de façonner le destin de l'Empire à travers leur intelligence et leur détermination. "The Empresses of Rome" offre une perspective unique sur l'histoire romaine, en se concentrant sur les contributions et les expériences des femmes de la cour impériale. McCabe combine une recherche historique rigoureuse avec une narration vivante, rendant l'histoire des impératrices romaines accessible et fascinante pour les lecteurs intéressés par l'histoire ancienne et les dynamiques du pouvoir au sein de l'Empire romain.

Download or read book A Time of Rome written by Aniello Agostino Oliviero and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-01-13 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Add Galla Placida to the annals of the dominant, lustful women rulers of empires Cleopatra, Elizabeth the I, and Catherine the Great. These three have been historically exposed but are presented at their mature state when they have achieved notoriety. Their formative years have been all but neglected as irrelevant. In this novel, Galla Placidia is taken from birth to her fate as regent empress for her son Valentinian the third. We see her from innocence through maturity where her beauty and Roman potency drew suitors of position and means - but love and romance superceded all and threw her into the arms of a barbarian.

Download or read book History of Rome and of the Roman People from Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire written by Victor Duruy and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Unrivalled Influence written by Judith Herrin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, this title focuses on the importance of marriage in imperial statecraft, the tense coexistence of empresses in the imperial court, and the critical relationships of mothers and daughters.

Download or read book The Theodosian Code written by Jill Harries and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 1993 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Daughters of Rome written by Kate Quinn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast-paced historical novel about two women with the power to sway an empire, from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Diamond Eye. A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. Everything will change—especially the lives of two sisters with a very personal stake in the outcome. Elegant and ambitious, Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella is more aloof, content to witness history rather than make it. But when a bloody coup turns their world upside-down, both women must maneuver carefully just to stay alive. As Cornelia tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered dreams, Marcella discovers a hidden talent for influencing the most powerful men in Rome. In the end, though, there can only be one Emperor...and one Empress.

Download or read book Perpetua s Passion written by Joyce E. Salisbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perpetua's Passion studies the third-century martyrdom of a young woman and places it in the intellectual and social context of her age. Conflicting ideas of religion, family and gender are explored as Salisbury follows Perpetua from her youth in a wealthy Roman household to her imprisonment and death in the arena.

Download or read book Ten Caesars written by Barry Strauss and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)—a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine. In this essential and “enlightening” (The New York Times Book Review) work, Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople. During these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus. Rome’s legacy remains today in so many ways, from language, law, and architecture to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. Strauss examines this enduring heritage through the lives of the men who shaped it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian, and Constantine. Over the ages, they learned to maintain the family business—the government of an empire—by adapting when necessary and always persevering no matter the cost. Ten Caesars is a “captivating narrative that breathes new life into a host of transformative figures” (Publishers Weekly). This “superb summation of four centuries of Roman history, a masterpiece of compression, confirms Barry Strauss as the foremost academic classicist writing for the general reader today” (The Wall Street Journal).

Download or read book Rome and the Barbarians 100 B C A D 400 written by Thomas S. Burns and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-11-04 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author marshals an abundance of archaeological and literary evidence, as well as three decades of study and experience, to present a wide-ranging account of the relations between Romans and non-Romans along the frontiers of western Europe from the last years of the Republic into late antiquity.