ISBN: 9781107687813

The third-century adolescent Roman emperor miscalled Elagabalus or Heliogabalus was made into myth shortly after his murder. For 1800 years since, scandalous stories relate his alleged de… Mehr…

The third-century adolescent Roman emperor miscalled Elagabalus or Heliogabalus was made into myth shortly after his murder. For 1800 years since, scandalous stories relate his alleged depravity, debauchery and bloodthirsty fanaticism as High Priest of a Syrian Sun God. From these, one cannot discern anything demonstrably true about the boy or his reign. This book, drawing on the author's detailed research and publications, investigates what can truly be known about this emperor. Through careful analysis of all sources, including historiography, coins, inscriptions, papyri, sculpture and topography, it shows that there are things of which we can be sure, and others that are likely. Through these we can reassess his reign. We discover a youth, thrust by his handlers into power on false pretences, who creates his own more authentic persona as priest-emperor, but loses the struggle for survival against rivals in his family, who justify his murder with his myth. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>World History>Ancient Hist>Ancient Hist, Cambridge University Press Core >1<

2014, ISBN: 9781107687813

Cambridge University Press, Taschenbuch, 420 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-11-27T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.34 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1402688, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategori… Mehr…

Cambridge University Press, Taschenbuch, 420 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-11-27T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.34 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1402688, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategorien, Bücher, Militär, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Allgemein, Klassische Antike, Epochen, Politik & Geschichte, Römisches Reich, Taschenbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Cambridge University Press, 2014<

2014, ISBN: 9781107687813

Kartoniert, 420 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 25mm, Sprache(n): eng The first study to subject the life and reign of the so-called Emperor Elagabalus to a thorough historical investigation.Leon… Mehr…

Kartoniert, 420 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 25mm, Sprache(n): eng The first study to subject the life and reign of the so-called Emperor Elagabalus to a thorough historical investigation.Leonardo de Arrizabalaga y Prado graduated from Cambridge University, and taught at Tsukuba University, Japan. He has published many articles on the Roman emperor commonly but wrongly known as Elagabalus. Versandkostenfreie Lieferung<

2014, ISBN: 9781107687813

Cambridge University Press, Taschenbuch, 420 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-11-27T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.34 kg, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategorien, Bücher, Militär, He… Mehr…

Cambridge University Press, Taschenbuch, 420 Seiten, Publiziert: 2014-11-27T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.34 kg, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategorien, Bücher, Militär, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Allgemein, Klassische Antike, Epochen, Politik & Geschichte, Römisches Reich, Cambridge University Press, 2014<