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The Roman Empress Ulpia Severina

Ruler and Goddess

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Authors:
  1. Margherita Cassia

    1. University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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  • Considers the life of Ulpia Severina, wife of Aurelian
  • Uses little-known epigraphic sources, alongside the better known literary and numismatic record
  • Sheds light on third-century Roman politics

Part of the book series: Queenship and Power (QAP)

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Literary Sources

    • Margherita Cassia
    Pages 1-22

  3. Numismatic Sources

    • Margherita Cassia
    Pages 23-75

  4. The Epigraphic Sources

    • Margherita Cassia
    Pages 77-132

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 133-194
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About this book

Of the twelve Augustae who lived during the fifty years of the so-called “military anarchy” (235-284 A.D.), Ulpia Severina, wife of the “Illyrian” emperor Aurelian (270-275 AD), is certainly one of the most enigmatic and less known. The book focuses on Ulpia Severina, who, even though never mentioned by name in literary sources, has been studied almost exclusively from the perspective of the numerous coins issued in her name and is the subject of many interesting honorific inscriptions that had not been thoroughly examined or adequately valued until this study. This exceptional situation, represented by the sole presence of Ulpia Severina on the throne of Rome, deserves more attention than it has received. The pages of the university history textbooks dedicated to the reconstruction of a fifty-year phase of Roman-imperial history must be, if not rewritten, at least integrated in order to give the deserved space to this empress and, therefore, to the so-called “interregnum,”which lasted at least two months, between the death of Aurelian and the advent of emperor Tacitus.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Margherita Cassia

About the author

Margherita Cassia is associate professor of Roman History at the Department of Humanities, University of Catania. Her research interests comprise the condition of women in the imperial age (Egypt, Sicily, Asia Minor); the city-country relationship in Cappadocia, Pontus, Malta and Sicily; society, economy, and culture in the Cappadocian Fathers; political history, ethnogeography, and family ties in Strabo’s Geography; the role of medicine in the Roman-imperial age; imperial power and the medical profession; and university teaching of ancient history. Her publications include: Cappadocia romana. Strutture urbane e strutture agrarie alla periferia dell’Impero (2004), La piaga e la cura. Poveri e ammalati, medici e monaci nell’Anatolia rurale tardoantica (2009), Andromaco di Creta. Medicina e potere nella Roma neroniana (2012), Fra biografia e cronografia. Storici cappadoci nell’età dei Costantinidi (2014), Marcello di Side. Gli imperatori adottivi e il potere della medicina (2016), Roma e la sua storia. Dalla città all’Impero (2019).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Roman Empress Ulpia Severina

  • Book Subtitle: Ruler and Goddess

  • Authors: Margherita Cassia

  • Series Title: Queenship and Power

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28651-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28650-6Published: 16 June 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28653-7Due: 17 July 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-28651-3Published: 15 June 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2730-938X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-9398

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 194

  • Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Ancient Europe, History of Italy, History, general, Political History, Historiography and Method

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