Death by Rose Petals
Readers of Icks's The Crimes of Elagabalus: The Life and Legacy of Rome's Decadent Boy Emperor (Harvard University Press) may be forgiven if they are dizzied by the array of names and lineages and events that fill the first part of the book. [...]in an outrage that doesn't feel like a...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | The Chronicle of Higher Education 2012-02, Vol.58 (24) |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Readers of Icks's The Crimes of Elagabalus: The Life and Legacy of Rome's Decadent Boy Emperor (Harvard University Press) may be forgiven if they are dizzied by the array of names and lineages and events that fill the first part of the book. [...]in an outrage that doesn't feel like an outrage, Elagabalus created a female version of the Senate. Credit: By Nina C. Ayoub Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nice; Scala, Art Resource; Enrico Fedrigoli; Caption: Death by Rose Petals 1 - Gustav-Adolf Mossa's "Lui," (1906): Elagabalus with mirror.; Death by Rose Petals 2 - Elagabalus was Roman emperor from AD 218-22.; Death by Rose Petals 3 - From "Heliogabalus" (the emperor's other name), a 2006 production by the Italian theater group Fanny & Alexander.; Death by Rose Petals 4 |
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| ISSN: | 0009-5982 1931-1362 |