Maternal Megalomania Julia Domna and the Imperial Politics of Motherhood / Julie Langford.
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TextPublisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (xi, 203 pages) : illustrationsISBN: 9781421408484; 1421408481Subject(s): 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 -- RomeGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 937/.07092 | B LOC classification: DG298.7.J85 | L36 2013Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.
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.
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