{"product_id":"julia-domna-syrian-empress-women-of-the-ancient-world-0415331439","title":"Julia Domna: Syrian Empress (Women of the Ancient World)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0415331439\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Levick, Barbara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book covers Julias life, and charts her travels throughout the Empire from Aswan to York during a period of profound upheaval, and seeks the truth about this woman who inspired such extreme and contrasting views, exposing the instability of our sources about her, and characterizing a sympathetic, courageous, intelligent, and important woman.This book contains a fresh re-assessment of the one of the most significant figures of her time and questions: Was Julia more powerful than earlier empresses? Did she really promote despotism? How seriously is her literary circle to be taken?As part of a dynasty which used force and violence to preserve its rule, she was distrusted by its subjects; as a Syrian, she was the object of prejudice; as a woman with power, she was resented. On the other hand, Domna was the centre of a literary circle considered highly significant by nineteenth-century admirers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51865528140064,"sku":"NEW0415331439","price":268.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51zAeHSYb_L.jpg?v=1781663855","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/julia-domna-syrian-empress-women-of-the-ancient-world-0415331439","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}