Julian Bennett

Trajan (eBook, ePUB)

Optimus Princeps

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Did Trajan really deserve his reputation as the embodiment of all imperial virtues? Why did Dante, writing in the Middle Ages, place him in the sixth sphere of Heaven among the Just and Temperate rulers? In this, the only biography of Trajan available in English, Julian Bennett rigorously tests the substance of this glorious reputation. Surprisingly, for a Roman emperor, Trajan comes through the test with his reputation relatively intact.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134709137
• Artikelnr.: 47888195

Autorenporträt

Julian Bennett

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Maps
List of Plates
Outline of Significant Events
Preface and Acknowledgements
Prolegomenon
CHAPTER I THE MAKING OF A NEW ARISTOCRACY
CHAPTER II THE RISE OF THE ULPII
CHAPTER III IMPERIAL EXPANSION AND CRISIS
CHAPTER IV DOMITIAN'S GENERAL
NERVA'S HEIR
CHAPTER V THE NEW RULER
CHAPTER VI A PUBLIC IDEOLOGY
CHAPTER VII THE INAUGURATION OF A NEW ERA
CHAPTER VIII DACICUS
CHAPTER IX OPTIMUS PRINCEPS
CHAPTER X LAW
FINANCE AND LITERATURE
CHAPTER XI PATER PATRIAE
CHAPTER XII 'REDACTA IN FORMAM PROVINCIAE...'
CHAPTER XIII PARTHICUS
CHAPTER XIV A PERFECT PRINCE?
APPENDIX DIO'S ACCOUNT OF THE DACIAN WARS
List of Abbreviations
Notes and References
Bibliography
Index of Personal Names
General Index