Emperor Alexander Severus: Rome's Age of Insurrection, Ad222-235 - Couverture souple

McHugh, John S

 
9781036151362: Emperor Alexander Severus: Rome's Age of Insurrection, Ad222-235
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1036151360 ISBN 13 : 9781036151362
Editeur : Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2025

Synopsis

Alexander Severus' is full of controversy and contradictions. He came to the throne through the brutal murder of his cousin, Elagabalus, and was ultimately assassinated himself. The years between were filled with regular uprisings and rebellions, court intrigue (the Praetorian Guard slew their commander at the Emperor's feet) and foreign invasion. Yet the ancient sources generally present his reign as a golden age of just government, prosperity and religious tolerance.

 

Not yet fourteen when he became emperor, Alexander was dominated by his mother, Julia Mammaea and advisors like the historian, Cassius Dio. In the military field, he successfully checked the aggressive Sassanid Persians but some sources see his Persian campaign as a costly failure marked by mutiny and reverses that weakened the army. When Germanic and Sarmatian tribes crossed the Rhine and Danube frontiers in 234, Alexander took the field against them but when he attempted to negotiate to buy time, his soldiers perceived him as weak, assassinated him and replaced him with the soldier Maximinus Thrax. John McHugh re-assesses this fascinating emperor in detail.

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À propos de l?auteur

JOHN S MCHUGH has a BA and MA in Ancient History. His love of the ancient world has led him to travel to many classical sites. Before his recent (early) retirement he was Assistant Headmaster at a secondary school in Bolton. He is the co-author of a text book on Bolton’s connections with the slave trade and assisted Bolton Museum with a project to record the oral history of the local populace with the aim of promoting understanding between people of different generations or ethnic and social backgrounds. He is the author of The Emperor Commodus: God and Gladiator; Emperor Alexander Severus: Rome's Age of Insurrection, AD 222-235; and Sejanus, Regent of Rome, which were also published by Pen & Sword Books.

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Éditeur
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1036151360
ISBN 13 
9781036151362
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
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9781473845817: Emperor Alexander Severus: Rome's Age of Insurrection, Ad 222-235

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ISBN 10 :  1473845815 ISBN 13 :  9781473845817
Editeur : Pen & Sword History, 2017
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