{"product_id":"julia-domna-syrian-empress","title":"Julia Domna: Syrian Empress","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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310422827390,"sku":"NW9780415331449","price":45.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780415331449.jpg?v=1778582495","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/julia-domna-syrian-empress","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}