03722nam 2200661Ia 450 991052487840332120200520144314.01-4214-0848-1(CKB)3170000000060711(EBL)3318696(SSID)ssj0000860484(PQKBManifestationID)11450729(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860484(PQKBWorkID)10896581(PQKB)11065461(MiAaPQ)EBC3318696(OCoLC)837527888(MdBmJHUP)muse25398(EXLCZ)99317000000006071120120831d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaternal megalomania Julia Domna and the imperial politics of motherhood /Julie Langford1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20131 online resource (230 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4214-0847-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Julia Domna, who? -- Carving the niche : Methodologies and Evidence -- Severan Dynastic Propaganda and Julia Domna -- Pay no attention to the mother behind the screen, 193-195 -- Metaphorical Motherhood, 195-211 -- Mater Augustorum, Mater Senatus, Mater Patriae, 211-217 -- Putting Ducks into Rows -- chapter 1. Not Your Momma : Problematizing Julia Domna as the Mater Castrorum -- Women and the Military -- Faustina Minor : The Mother of all Matres Castrorum -- The Military and the Domus Augusta : All in the Family? -- Severus and Mater Castrorum -- Severus and the Military (and Julia Domna) -- About Face! -- Conclusion -- chapter 2. Romancing Romans : Julia Domna and the Populus Romanus -- The Nature of the Sources -- The Princeps and the Plebs -- The Roman Populace, Public Demonstrations and Divine Inspiration -- Severan Propaganda and the Urban Plebs -- Julia Domna in Severan Propaganda -- Severus, the populus Romanus and the Collegia -- And Julia Domna? -- But what does it all mean? -- chapter 3. Senatorial Savior : Julia Domna as Protectress -- Natural Rivals : Imperial women and the Senate -- Severus' Senate -- Creating Consensus in the Senate : Wooing, Marginalizing and Exterminating -- Negotiating Dynasty : Maternal Megalomania and Senatorial Subversions -- Moderating Maternal Megalomania -- Murder, Mayham and Rumor : Renegotiating Ideology -- Conclusion: On the dangers of taking ideology too seriously -- Appendix A: Hoard Details of the Severan Hoard Analysis Database -- Appendix B: Frequency of coin types of Julia Domna in Hoards around the Mediterranean.She employs Julia Domna as a case study to explore the creation of ideology between the emperor and its subjects.IdeologyPolitical aspectsRomeImperialismSocial aspectsRomeMotherhoodPolitical aspectsRomePolitical cultureRomePopular cultureRomePublic opinionRomeRomeHistorySeverans, 193-235RomePolitics and government30 B.C.-284 A.DIdeologyPolitical aspectsImperialismSocial aspectsMotherhoodPolitical aspectsPolitical culturePopular culturePublic opinion937/.07092BLangford Julie1967-1097544MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910524878403321Maternal Megalomania2617988UNINA