Theodosian Empresses sets a series of compelling women on the stage of history and offers new insights into the eastern court in the fifth century.
Theodosian Empresses Women and Imperial Dominion in Late Antiquity
About the Book
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Theodosius the Great and His Women
The Dynastic Impetus
The Domestic Side
II. Aelia Eudoxi'a Augusta
III. Aelia PulcherIa Augusta
IV. Aelt'a Eudoct'a Augusta
The Athenian Maid
Pulcheria's Special Resources
V. The Controversy Over the Mother of God
VI. Two Empresses Who Refused to Be One
The Apple of Discord
The New Helena
VII. From Dominion to Sainthood
Bibliography
Index