THE A C C E S S I O N OF M A R C I A N IN THE LIGHT OF C H A L C E D O N I A N A P O L O G E T I C AND MONOPHYSITE P O L E M I C RICHARD W.BURGESS/OTTAWA In Theodosian Empresses Kenneth Holum explored the dominant röle that the women of the Theodosian...
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THE A C C E S S I O N OF M A R C I A N IN THE LIGHT OF C H A L C E D O N I A N A P O L O G E T I C AND MONOPHYSITE P O L E M I C RICHARD W.BURGESS/OTTAWA In Theodosian Empresses Kenneth Holum explored the dominant röle that the women of the Theodosian dynasty came to play in Constantinople between 379 and 453. The most powerful and influential of these women was Aelia Pulcheria, the sister of the em- peror Theodosius II. For Holum, the peak of female power and influence in the Eastern court came when Theodosius II died in July 450, leaving Pulcheria in sole power: For nearly a month thereafter Pulcheria reigned alone at Constantinople. None of her sovereign acts has been recorded ... Then, since the Romans could not abide a woman reigning alone, the empress took a husband ... Soon after the wedding, on November (sie) 25, 450, Pulcheria herseif conferred upon Marcian the imper- ial diadem and paludamentum, and the troops acclaimed him Augustus at the Hebdomon. Although not without prece
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