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Author Langford, Julie, 1967-

Title Maternal Megalomania Julia Domna and the Imperial Politics of Motherhood / Julie Langford.

Publication Info. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013.
©2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 203 pages) : illustrations
text file
Series Book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.
Contents 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.
Access Open Access Unrestricted online access
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Subject Julia Domna, Empress, consort of Severus, Lucius Septimius, Emperor of Rome, -217 -- Public opinion.
Julia Domna, Empress, consort of Severus, Lucius Septimius, Emperor of Rome, -217.
Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Rome -- History -- Severans, 193-235.
Public opinion -- Rome.
Popular culture -- Rome.
Political culture -- Rome.
Ideology -- Political aspects -- Rome.
Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Rome.
Motherhood -- Political aspects -- Rome.
Genre/Form Electronic books. .
Subject Motherhood.
Added Author Project Muse, distributor.
ISBN 9781421408484
1421408481
9781421408477 hardcover acid-free paper
1421408473 hardcover acid-free paper