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Theodora : actress, empress, saint /
Two of the most famous mosaics from the ancient world, in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, depict the sixth-century emperor Justinian and, on the wall facing him, his wife, Theodora (497-548). This majestic portrait gives no inkling of Theodora's very humble beginnings or her improbable ris...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Women in antiquity.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Series; Theodora; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Constantinople; 2 Telling Nasty Stories; 3 Sex and the Stage; 4 Factions and Networks; 5 Patrician; 6 The Succession; 7 Augusta: The First Five Years; 8 Revolution; 9 War and Religion; 10 Plots and Plague; 11 Last Years; 12 Legacy; Dramatis Personae; Timeline; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.