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Helena Augusta : mother of the empire /

"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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hillner, Julia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Women in antiquity.
Subjects:
Helena, > Saint, > approximately 255-approximately 330.
Helena, > Saint, > approximately 255-approximately 330
Christian women saints > Rome > Biography.
Empresses > Rome > Biography.
Saintes chrétiennes > Rome > Biographies.
Impératrices > Rome > Biographies.
Christian women saints
Empresses
Rome (Empire)
Biography & non-fiction prose.
Biography.
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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