Helena Augusta: Mother of the Empire

by Julia Hillner

Book Overview

In the middle of the third century, a girl was born on the north-eastern frontier of the Roman empire. Eighty years later, she died as Flavia Iulia Helena, Augusta of the Roman world and mother of the first Christian emperor Constantine, without ever having been married to an emperor herself. In Helena Augusta: Mother of the Empire, Julia Hillner traces Helena's story through her life's peaks, which generated beautiful imperial artwork, entertaining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190875305
• ISBN13: 9780190875305
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"