Reviews
A useful, scholarly, and engaging examination of Placidia and late antiquity.
A soundly researched and elegantly written history of Rome's decline and one of its most important empresses. Joyce Salisbury successfully aims to provide a more complete picture of Galla Placidia by looking at politics, warfare, and theological controversy. Her multifaceted approach and impressive knowledge of Roman social and cultural history makes Rome's Christian Empress a significant contribution to Late Antique scholarship—and a pleasure to read. Salisbury deftly describes the political machinations of an Empire in decline and introduces her characters in very 'human' terms. Very few scholars could weave a narrative that incorporates the complexities of Hunnish travel, the methods of Late Antique midwifery, the political intrigue of the Theodosian court, and the theological struggles of Nestorianism within an emerging Christian orthodoxy.
Book Details
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
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