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"This study of Trajan is one of the most balanced and comprehensive yet to appear in English." --Religious Studies Review
"Julian Bennett is the first to attempt a full account of Trajan's career. And so his [book] . . . is of great service to Roman studies. Where Bennett's expertise lies--he is an archeologist by training--the book illuminates far more than Trajan. . . ." --Classical Journal
The emperor Trajan (A.D. 53Ü117) is one of the very few Roman emperors who, over the centuries, has always been seen in a good light. He is remembered for his expansion of the Empire, his monumental public-works projects, and his refusal to persecute the EmpireÍs Christian minority. The very substance of his glorious reputation, however, is tested by Julian Bennett in this comprehensive biography„the first since 1927 and the first ever in English. While the period as a whole is ill-served by the extant literary evidence, Bennett supplements this with a thorough examination of the contemporary archaeological and epigraphic evidence, covering every major aspect of TrajanÍs reign. Although some of his original suggestions may remain speculative, his central conclusion is that TrajanÍs contemporary reputation as Optimus Princeps seems to have been richly deserved.
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JULIAN BENNETT is Lecturer in Archaeology at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. After reading Archaeology at the University of Durham, he prepared a dissertation on HadrianÍs Wall at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has been the English Heritage Field Officer for HadrianÍs Wall and has contributed articles to Britannia and Archaeologia Aeliana.
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Condition: Gut. XVII, 317 Seiten / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition ( IJCT ) . - Altersgemäß sehr guter Zustand / very good condition for age - Trajan ( AD 98-117 ) is one of the very few Roman emperors who has always been seen in a good light. Popular during his lifetime, by the fourth century he had become the litmus test of imperial excellence. In the Middle Ages he was placed by Dante in the sixth sphere of Heaven among the Just and Temperate Rulers, and for Gibbon, Trajans principate ushered in the Golden Age of the Roman Empire. -- In this the first comprehensive biography in English, Julian Bennett tests the substance of the emperors glorious reputation. No ancient biography of Trajan survives and the period as a whole is singularly ill-served by the extant literary evidence. A thorough examination of the contemporary archaeological and epigraphic evidence supplements this inadequate written record and allows Dr Bennett to cover every major aspect of Trajans reign. -- Dr Bennetts central conclusion is that Trajans reign was indeed the apogee of the principate established by Augustus and his successors. It saw the birth of the imperiate - the full realization of the imperial system. Moreover, the emperor himself is seen as the pivotal character in this development. -- Trajans contemporary reputation as Optimus Princeps seems to have been richly deserved. ISBN 9780253332165 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 810 Original Leinen kaschiert mit Schutzumschlag / Cloth laminated with dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 1223816
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