{"product_id":"julia-domna-1","title":"Julia Domna","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book covers Julia’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains a fresh re-assessment of the one of the most significant figures of her time and questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Was Julia more powerful than earlier empresses? \u003cbr\u003e• Did she really promote despotism? \u003cbr\u003e• How seriously is her literary circle to be taken? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54253442203992,"sku":"9780415331432","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415331432_24ddb484-6e1d-464d-aecf-ee927524dace.jpg?v=1768294822","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/julia-domna-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}