Following Hadrian: a second century journey through the Roman Empire

by Speller, Elizabeth

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Full title :Following Hadrian : a second century journey through the Roman Empire / Elizabeth Speller.

Summary

"Hadrian, the great, but flawed, Roman Emperor, was an inveterate traveler, intellectual, and patron of the arts. He was determined to make his mark on posterity and left an unparalleled legacy of beautiful new cities and buildings throughout his vast empire and, of course, in Rome. Much of his inspiring architecture remains for today's travelers to marvel at, although some has disappeared without trace and is now the stuff of legend." "But Hadrian was also melancholy, volatile, and utterly ruthless. He treated his wife with contempt and devoted himself to a beautiful boy whose sinister death, while they traveled in Egypt, plunged Hadrian into despair; it changed his personality for ever and affected his ability to rule. Within two years, the man who had been one of the most peace-loving of emperors plunged his empire into a terrible, ill-judged, three-year war against Judea." "Classicist Elizabeth Speller tells the story of the most powerful man on earth in the early second century against a background of his travels and intrigues. This was a man who had commissioned a dazzling construction program, from Hadrian's Wall in Britain and the extraordinary Pantheon in Rome, to his 900-room villa at Tivoli, works which represented the central themes of his rule: military domination, religious tolerance, and an extravagant lifestyle. Soundly based on original sources and archaeology, this compelling book throws new light on Hadrian and the Roman Empire of the second century."--Jacket

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xx, 328 pages) : : illustrations, map

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199771868, 0199771863
oclc:ocn707923209
LC Classification:DG295
Dewey Decimal:937/.07/092

Subjects

Biografie Biographies Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical Empereurs -- Biographies. -- Rome Emperors Emperors -- Biography. -- Rome Hadrian (Römisches Reich, Kaiser) Hadrian,, Emperor of Rome History HISTORY -- Ancient Rome -- Histoire -- 117-138 (Hadrien) Rome -- History -- Hadrian, 117-138 Rome (Empire)