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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1997.
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| Colección: | Roman imperial biographies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| 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. |
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| 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 |