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Book Synopsis
Compulsively readable, Rome's Christian Empress is the first full-length work to give this fascinating and complex ruler her due.

Trade Review
A useful, scholarly, and engaging examination of Placidia and late antiquity. Choice

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. The "Most Noble" Princess
2. Orphan Princess in Stilicho's Shadow
3. Held Hostage by the Goths
4. Queen of the Visigoths
5. Wife and Mother in Ravenna
6. Empress of the Romans
7. The Empress Mother and Her Children
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Romes Christian Empress

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 26 August 2015
      ISBN-13 9781421417004
      978-1421417004
      ISBN-10 1421417006
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Compulsively readable, Rome's Christian Empress is the first full-length work to give this fascinating and complex ruler her due.

      Trade Review
      A useful, scholarly, and engaging examination of Placidia and late antiquity. Choice

      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations
      Introduction
      1. The "Most Noble" Princess
      2. Orphan Princess in Stilicho's Shadow
      3. Held Hostage by the Goths
      4. Queen of the Visigoths
      5. Wife and Mother in Ravenna
      6. Empress of the Romans
      7. The Empress Mother and Her Children
      Epilogue
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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