Theodosian Empresses

280 Pages·1989·21.742 MB·English

by  Kenneth G. Holum

The Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Peter Brown, General Editor
I Art and Ceremony in Late Antiquity, by Sabine G. MacCormack
II Synesius of Cyrene.· Philosopher-Bishop, by Jay Alan Bregman
III Theodosian Empresses.· Women and lmpenal Dominion in Late
Antiquity, by Kenneth G. Hoium
IV john Chrysostom and the Jews.· Rhetonc and Reality in the Late
Fourth Century, by Robert L. Wilken
V Biography in Late Antiquity.· The Quest for the Holy Man, by
Patricia Cox
Theodosian Empresses
KENNETH G. HOLUM
THEODOS.IAN
WVmen and Imperial
EMPRESSES
Dominion in
Late Antiquity
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
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University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
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The Regents oft he University of California
Printed in the Untied States ofA menca
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First Paperback Printing 1989
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publt"cation Data
Hoium, Kenneth G.
Theodosian empresses.
Originally presented as the author's thesis
(Ph.D.)-University of Chicago.
Bibliography.· p.
Includes index.
1. Roman empresses-Biography. 2. Rome-Nobility
-Biography. 3. Rome-History-Theodosians, 379-455.
I. Title. DG322.H64 1982 937'.02 81-43690
ISBN 0-520-06801-7 AACR2
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