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Poppaea Sabina - The Life And Afterlife Of A Roman Empress

by Neil W. Bernstein

~~18,76€~~ 16,88€ 10% OFF

 Like many famous figures from antiquity, we must work through layers of fantasy in order to uncover the life of Poppaea Sabina (c. 30-65 CE). In this book, Neil Bernstein critically examines these sources to produce the first modern biography of Poppaea Sabina -- describing her scandalous parentage, her affair with the emperor, and even her implication in a murder plot.
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Poppaea Sabina - The Life And Afterlife Of A Roman Empress

by Neil W. Bernstein

~~18,76€~~ 16,88€ 10% OFF

 Like many famous figures from antiquity, we must work through layers of fantasy in order to uncover the life of Poppaea Sabina (c. 30-65 CE). In this book, Neil Bernstein critically examines these sources to produce the first modern biography of Poppaea Sabina -- describing her scandalous parentage, her affair with the emperor, and even her implication in a murder plot.
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Phryne Of Thespiae - Courtesan, Muse, And Myth

by Laura Mcclure

25,39€ + 10% CARD

 Although Phryne is considered the most famous of the many Greek courtesans who flocked to Athens during the fourth century BCE, there have been no modern attempts to reconstruct her life. It was not until the eighteenth century that artistic interest in her developed and her stories were continually reimagined and embellished. Artists and writers have recounted again and again how she served as the model for the Praxiteles' Cnidian Aphrodite, the first monumental female nude in Western art, and how the sight of her naked body won acquittal when she was prosecuted for impiety. However, she left no writings in her own words, and only a handful of fragments related to her have survived from her time. Until now, the primary evidence for her life comes down to us from texts composed hundreds of years after her death, all of them written by men, whose works reflect the changing tastes, experiences, and values of Greeks living under Roman rule. Phryne of Thespiae offers a close analysis of the evidence for sexual labor in classical Athens to find parallels between Phyrne and other Greek courtesans. The result is an innovative biography that examines key moments of Phyrne's life that have been dismissed as male fantasies, arguing that many of them could have plausibly originated in historical events. The portrait that emerges is that of a powerful and socially consequential woman whose wealth and connections helped to shape the society in which she lived.
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Balthild Of Francia - Anglo-Saxon Slave, Merovingian Queen, And Abolitionist Saint

by Isabel Moreira

~~17,21€~~ 15,49€ 10% OFF

 This book tells the remarkable life of Balthild of Francia (c. 633-80), a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon slave who became a queen of France. Described in contemporary sources as beautiful and intelligent, she rose to power through her marriage to the short-lived King Clovis II. As regent for her young son, she promoted social and political reforms in Francia that included the rescue and rehousing of Christian slaves who, like Balthild herself, had been caught up in the human-trafficking practices of the mid-seventh century. Implicated in the violent politics of the era, Balthild spent the remainder of her life in the convent of Chelles where a unique cache of surviving relics and personal items, including her hair, were protected and dispersed as relics over the following centuries. In the nineteenth century, Balthild's anti-slave trade policies were recalled for new audiences when she was adopted as an icon for the cause of the abolition of the slave trade and installed as one of the twenty illustrious women whose statues are situated in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. Although critical to her age, because of the remote time period and the specialized nature of the sources, Balthild is little known today. This book will correct this oversight by shining a light on a fascinating and courageous figure whose legacy long outlived the era to which she belonged.
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Balthild Of Francia - Anglo-Saxon Slave, Merovingian Queen, And Abolitionist Saint

by Isabel Moreira

~~17,21€~~ 15,49€ 10% OFF

 This book tells the remarkable life of Balthild of Francia (c. 633-80), a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon slave who became a queen of France. Described in contemporary sources as beautiful and intelligent, she rose to power through her marriage to the short-lived King Clovis II. As regent for her young son, she promoted social and political reforms in Francia that included the rescue and rehousing of Christian slaves who, like Balthild herself, had been caught up in the human-trafficking practices of the mid-seventh century. Implicated in the violent politics of the era, Balthild spent the remainder of her life in the convent of Chelles where a unique cache of surviving relics and personal items, including her hair, were protected and dispersed as relics over the following centuries. In the nineteenth century, Balthild's anti-slave trade policies were recalled for new audiences when she was adopted as an icon for the cause of the abolition of the slave trade and installed as one of the twenty illustrious women whose statues are situated in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. Although critical to her age, because of the remote time period and the specialized nature of the sources, Balthild is little known today. This book will correct this oversight by shining a light on a fascinating and courageous figure whose legacy long outlived the era to which she belonged.
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Phryne Of Thespiae - Courtesan, Muse, And Myth

by Laura Mcclure

25,39€ + 10% CARD

 Although Phryne is considered the most famous of the many Greek courtesans who flocked to Athens during the fourth century BCE, there have been no modern attempts to reconstruct her life. It was not until the eighteenth century that artistic interest in her developed and her stories were continually reimagined and embellished. Artists and writers have recounted again and again how she served as the model for the Praxiteles' Cnidian Aphrodite, the first monumental female nude in Western art, and how the sight of her naked body won acquittal when she was prosecuted for impiety. However, she left no writings in her own words, and only a handful of fragments related to her have survived from her time. Until now, the primary evidence for her life comes down to us from texts composed hundreds of years after her death, all of them written by men, whose works reflect the changing tastes, experiences, and values of Greeks living under Roman rule. Phryne of Thespiae offers a close analysis of the evidence for sexual labor in classical Athens to find parallels between Phyrne and other Greek courtesans. The result is an innovative biography that examines key moments of Phyrne's life that have been dismissed as male fantasies, arguing that many of them could have plausibly originated in historical events. The portrait that emerges is that of a powerful and socially consequential woman whose wealth and connections helped to shape the society in which she lived.
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Galla Placidia - The Last Roman Empress

by Hagith Sivan

38,41€ + 10% CARD

 Even by the standards of royalty in antiquity the life of Galla Placidia (c. 390-450 CE) seems an aberration. Daughter, granddaughter, and sister of Roman emperors, wife of a Gothic chieftain and of a Roman general, and mother of a Roman emperor and of Attila's would be bride, Galla's adventures reflect the vicissitudes of the late Roman Empire itself.
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Poppaea Sabina - The Life And Afterlife Of A Roman Empress

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 Like many famous figures from antiquity, we must work through layers of fantasy in order to uncover the life of Poppaea Sabina (c. 30-65 CE). In this book, Neil Bernstein critically examines these sources to produce the first modern biography of Poppaea Sabina -- describing her scandalous parentage, her affair with the emperor, and even her implication in a murder plot.
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Poppaea Sabina - The Life And Afterlife Of A Roman Empress

by Neil W. (Professor, Classics And Religious Studies, Professor, Classics And Religious Studies, Ohio University) Bernstein

~~116,26€~~ 104,63€ 10% OFF

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 Like many famous figures from antiquity, we must work through layers of fantasy in order to uncover the life of Poppaea Sabina (c. 30-65 CE). In this book, Neil Bernstein critically examines these sources to produce the first modern biography of Poppaea Sabina -- describing her scandalous parentage, her affair with the emperor, and even her implication in a murder plot.
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Radegund - The Trials And Triumphs Of A Merovingian Queen

by E. T. Dailey

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 Radegund is a biography of a remarkable woman--princess, war captive, queen, deaconess, nun, and saint--who lived in early medieval France. Author E. T. Dailey narrates Radegund's life in an accessible way and offers important new insights for experts in the field.
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Radegund - The Trials And Triumphs Of A Merovingian Queen

by E. T. Dailey

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 Radegund is a biography of a remarkable woman--princess, war captive, queen, deaconess, nun, and saint--who lived in early medieval France. Author E. T. Dailey narrates Radegund's life in an accessible way and offers important new insights for experts in the field.
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Helena Augusta - Mother Of The Empire

by Julia Hillner

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 Helena Augusta traces the life story of Flavia Iulia Helena, Augusta of the Roman world and mother of the first Christian emperor Constantine. Her life generated literary outrage, beautiful imperial artwork, and entertaining legends, and offers a unique perspective on the roles of imperial women in fourth-century dynastic politics.
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Helena Augusta - Mother Of The Empire

by Julia Hillner

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 Helena Augusta traces the life story of Flavia Iulia Helena, Augusta of the Roman world and mother of the first Christian emperor Constantine. Her life generated literary outrage, beautiful imperial artwork, and entertaining legends, and offers a unique perspective on the roles of imperial women in fourth-century dynastic politics.
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Radegund - The Trials And Triumphs Of A Merovingian Queen

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 Radegund is a biography of a remarkable woman--princess, war captive, queen, deaconess, nun, and saint--who lived in early medieval France. Author E. T. Dailey narrates Radegund's life in an accessible way and offers important new insights for experts in the field.
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Radegund - The Trials And Triumphs Of A Merovingian Queen

by E. T. (Associate Professor Of Late Antique & Early Medieval History, Associate Professor Of Late Antique & Early Medieval History, University Of Leicester) Dailey

~~106,80€~~ 96,12€ 10% OFF

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 Radegund is a biography of a remarkable woman--princess, war captive, queen, deaconess, nun, and saint--who lived in early medieval France. Author E. T. Dailey narrates Radegund's life in an accessible way and offers important new insights for experts in the field.
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Helena Augusta - Mother Of The Empire

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 Helena Augusta traces the life story of Flavia Iulia Helena, Augusta of the Roman world and mother of the first Christian emperor Constantine. Her life generated literary outrage, beautiful imperial artwork, and entertaining legends, and offers a unique perspective on the roles of imperial women in fourth-century dynastic politics.
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Perpetua - Athlete Of God

by Barbara K. (Professor Of Classics, Professor Of Classics, Hamilton College) Gold

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 Perpetua was an early Christian martyr who died in Roman Carthage in 203 CE. She has attracted great interest for her narrative written in prison just before she went to her death in the amphitheater. Her story is steeped in mystery, and every aspect of her life and death has generated much controversy.
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Zenobia - Shooting Star Of Palmyra

by Nathanael (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Binghamton University) Andrade

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 Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (also Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. This book situates Zenobia in the social, economic, cultural, and material context of her Palmyra.
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Cleopatra'S Daughter - And Other Royal Women Of The Augustan Era

by Duane W. (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University) Roller

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 This is the first study of the royal women who ruled in the Mediterranean in the latter first century BC, in a symbiotic relationship with the Roman government. Several are discussed, with the most prominent being Cleopatra Selene (the daughter of the famous Cleopatra VII of Egypt) and Salome, the sister of Herod the Great.
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Fulvia - Playing For Power At The End Of The Roman Republic

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 Fulvia is the first full-length biography in English focused solely on Fulvia, daughter of Sempronia and Bambalio, who is best known as the wife of Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony). It peels away the heavily biased accounts of her to reveal a strong-willed, independent woman who was, by many traditional measures, a successful Roman matron.
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Sosipatra Of Pergamum - Philosopher And Oracle

by Heidi (Professor Of Religion, Professor Of Religion, The University Of Manitoba) Marx

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 This volume is the first book length treatment of the elusive and intriguing fourth-century CE philosopher, teacher, and prophet Sosipatra of Pergamum. Through a rich contextualization of the ancient evidence, it presents a lively and engaging portrait of this remarkable woman.
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Melania The Younger - From Rome To Jerusalem

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 Melania the Younger: From Rome to Jerusalem explores one of the most richly detailed stories of a woman of late antiquity. Melania, an early fifth-century Roman Christian aristocrat, renounced her staggering wealth to lead a life of ascetic renunciation. Her life spans many crucial events in the history of the later Roman Empire.
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Hypatia - The Life And Legend Of An Ancient Philosopher

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 Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher brings to life Hypatia's intellectual and political triumphs, uncovers the unique challenges she faced as a female teacher in a man's world, details the tragic story of her murder, and shows why her story has fascinated people for 1600 years.
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Fulvia - Playing For Power At The End Of The Roman Republic

by Celia E. Schultz

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 Fulvia is the first full-length biography in English focused solely on Fulvia, daughter of Sempronia and Bambalio, who is best known as the wife of Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony). It peels away the heavily biased accounts of her to reveal a strong-willed, independent woman who was, by many traditional measures, a successful Roman matron.
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