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The triumph of empire : the Roman world from Hadrian to Constantine /

The Triumph of Empire takes readers into the political heart of imperial Rome and recounts the extraordinary challenges overcome by a flourishing empire. Michael Kulikowski's history begins with the reign of Hadrian, who visited the farthest reaches of his domain and created stable frontiers, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kulikowski, Michael, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Edición:First Harvard University Press edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The early years of Hadrian
  • The late reign and the succession
  • Peace and war at mid-century
  • The last of the Antonines
  • Septimius Severus and his rivals
  • The reign of Severus
  • The later Severans
  • Eurasian history and the Roman Empire
  • From Gordian III to Valerian
  • Valerian and the generals
  • The last of the soldier emperors
  • Diocletian, Constantine and the creation of the
  • Later Roman Empire
  • The failure of the tetrarchy
  • Constantine and Licinius
  • The structure of empire before and after Constantine
  • The Constantinian empire
  • The children of Constantine
  • Constantius, Julian and the empire to come
  • The Roman emperors from Augustus to Julian
  • Persian kings from Ardashir to Shapur II.