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Following Hadrian : a second century journey through the Roman Empire /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Speller, Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Map of Hadrian's Empire vi
  • The Roman emperors, 27 BCE-193 CE xvii
  • Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus): Timeline xix
  • 1 The waiting game 7
  • 2 A travelling court 43
  • 3 The shifting sands 93
  • 4 Memnon laments 131
  • 5 Cities of gods and ghosts 151
  • 6 War 177
  • 7 The captured world 209
  • 8 Writing in stone 247
  • 9 Retrospective 265.