Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey Through the Roman Empire de Speller, Elizabeth - 2004

Oxford University Press, USA, 2004-10-14. Paperback. Good.

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AMER, SOC, HIS, 2004. Taschenbuch. 202*137 mm.

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Oxford, etc: Oxford University Press, 2004. Contents: 1). The waiting game. 2). A traveller court. 3). The shifting sands. 4). Memmon laments. 5). Cities of gods and ghosts. 6). War. 7). The captured world. 8). Writing in stone. 9). Retrospective. One of the greatest and most enigmatic Roman emperors, Hadrian stabilized the imperial borders, established peace throughout the empire, patronized the arts, and built an architectural legacy that lasts to this day: the great villa at Tivoli, the domed wonder of the Pantheon, and the eponymous wall that stretches across Britain. Yet the story of his reign is also a tale of intrigue, domestic discord, and murder. In Following Hadrian, Elizabeth Speller captures the fascinating life of Hadrian, ruler of the most powerful empire on earth at the peak of its glory. Speller displays a superb gift for narrative as she traces the intrigue of Hadrian's rise: his calculated marriage to Emperor Trajan's closest female relative, a woman he privately tormented;… Leer más

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