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Trajan : optimus princeps : a life and times /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennett, Julian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Colección:Roman imperial biographies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, plans, portrait pages
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0203360567
9780203360569
0415165245
9780415165242