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1 online resource (xxiv, 394 pages) : illustrations, maps.
"Helena, the mother of the first Christian emperor Constantine, is best known for the last two years of her life, when she traveled around the Eastern Mediterranean, and for something that, in all likelihood, she did not do: the discovery of the True Cross relic. Using a vast range of sources, from textual and epigraphical to visual, and an array of archaeological insights from the places Helena lived at or visited, this book instead investigates Helena in the round, taking seriously the ruptures in her life course and her changing positions within the imperial and female networks of her time. The book follows Helena's life, the majority of which was spent in the third century and during the period of the tetrarchy, and explores the different ways in which she was commemorated after her death, up to the late sixth century. It wrestles Helena's historical significance back from medieval legends, to demonstrate the development and purpose of her role within Constantinian politics and to chart her meandering impact on the image and behavior of the Christian empress in the late Roman world"--
Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Timeline of the Constantinian, Valentinian, and Theodosian Dynasties -- Dramatis Personae -- Family Tree -- Maps -- Introduction -- Part I:Extra (c. 248-c. 289) -- 1. On the Frontiers -- 2. Weather Eye on the Horizon -- Part II:Off Stage (c. 289-c. 317) -- 3. Sister Act -- 4. The Necklace Affair -- Part III:Center Stage (c. 317-c. 329) -- 5. Keeping Up Appearances -- 6. Roman Holiday -- 7. Four Deaths and an Anniversary -- 8. From Here to Eternity -- Part IV:Curtain and Encores (c. 329-c. 600) -- 9. Burying an Empress -- 10. Silence of the Empress -- 11. New Model Empress -- Epilogue -- Ancient Sources -- Modern Studies -- Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]