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Faustina I and II : imperial women of the golden age / Barbara Levick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levick, Barbara M.
- Series:
- Women in Antiquity
- Women in antiquity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Faustina, Annia Galeria, Empress, consort of Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome, 104-140 or 141.
- Faustina, Annia Galeria.
- Faustina, Annia Galeria, Empress, consort of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, -175.
- Empresses--Rome--Biography.
- Empresses.
- Rome--History--Antoninus Pius, 138-161.
- Rome.
- Rome--History--Marcus Aurelius, 161-180.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Roman empress Faustina the Elder (c. 97-140) and her daughter Faustina II (c. 130-175) have been subject to criticism from the earliest records, described in turn as fickle, unfaithful, and treasonous. Yet their husbands, the emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, have reputations as golden as that of the whole Antonine age and seem, by and large, to have thought favorably of them as prolific mothers, loyal spouses, and useful complements to the military and political proceedings of the empire. On the most basic level of lineage and procreation, the two women were naturally important
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; ONE Sources; TWO The Empresses and Women's Power; THREE The Succession to Hadrian; FOUR The Faustinas as Empresses, 138-175; FIVE Public and Private in the Dynasty; SIX The Deified Faustinas: Association, Assimilation, and Consecration; SEVEN Faustina's Children and the End of the Antonines; Who's Who; Family Trees; Abbreviations; Chronology; Notes; Glossary; A; C; D; F; I; K; L; M; P; Q; S; T; Bibliography; Persons Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; X; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K
- LM; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-026127-7
- 0-19-970217-9
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