The Emperor Elagabalus : fact or fiction?
| 1. Verfasser: |
Arrizabalaga y Prado, Leonardo de, 1946-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Ausgabe: | repr. with corr. 2011 |
| Umfang/Format: |
xxxv, 381 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| iDAI.gazetteer: |
Imperium Romanum |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 3 Datensätze |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- pt. 1. Exposition
- Radical and basic questions
- Problematic
- Sources and method of enquiry
- pt. 2. Explosion
- Varius, Elagabalus and Heliogabalus
- Varian texts
- Analysis of Varian propositions
- pt. 3. Constitution
- A mental exercise
- Coins
- Inscriptions
- Papyri, ostraca, and mummy labels
- Sculpture : round
- Sculpture : relief
- Topography
- Res gestae
- pt. 4. Speculation
- The question Why?
- Varius' priesthood
- Varius' childhood
- Varius' heritage
- Varius' reality
- pt. 5. Findings in contexts
- Findings
- Varius' family
- The Severan dynasty
- The Roman principate
- Varius' shift
- Varius and his models
- Severan self-presentation
- Varius and the imperial administration
- Varius and history
- Varius and culture
- Appendix 1: Theory of knowledge
- Appendix 2: Varian propositions
- Appendix 3: Varian coin concordance
- Appendix 4: List of Varian inscriptions
- Appendix 5: List of Varian papyri, ostraca, and mummy labels
- Appendix 6: Varian chronology.
