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Hadrian by Anthony Birley
The Restless Emperor
Hadrian: The Restless Emperor provides a thorough and fascinating account of a man who, though hated when he died, left an indelible mark on the Roman Empire.This is the first biography of Hadrian since 1923. Hadrian's reign (AD 117-138) was a watershed in the history of the Roman Empire. Hadrian abandoned his predecessor Trajan's eastern conquests - Mesopotamia and Armenia - trimmed down the lands beyond the lower Danube, and constructed new demarcation lines in Germany, North Africa, and most famously Hadrian's Wall in Britain, to delimit the empire. No comprehensive account of Hadrian's life and reign has been attempted for over seventy years. In Hadrian: The Restless Emperor , Anthony Birley brings together the new evidence from inscriptions and papyri, and up to date and in-depth examination of the work of other scholars on aspects of Hadrian's reign and policies such as the Jewish war, the coinage, Hadrian's building programme in Rome, Athens and Tivoli, and his relationship with his favourite, Antinous, to provide a thorough and fascinating account of the private and public life of a man who, though hated when he died, left an indelible mark on the Roman Empire. |
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| Author(s) : Anthony Birley | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 041516544X | ISBN-13 : 9780415165440 |
| RRP : £65.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Roman imperial biographies
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 25/09/1997
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Ltd
Page Length : 424mm
Page Size : 234mm