Trajan: Optimus Princeps

ISBN-13: 9780415165242 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 352 str.

Julian Bennett;Julian Bennett

Opis

By the fourth century Trajan was regarded as the model of imperial excellence. In the Middle Ages, he was placed by Dante in the sixth sphere of Heaven among the Just and Temperate rulers. Julian Bennett rigorously tests the substance of this glorious reputation.
Did Trajan really deserve this reputation? In this important new study, Julian Bennett reassesses the epigraphic and archaeological evidence, as well as the written records.

Spis treści

List of Figures and Maps, List of Plates, Outline of Significant Events, Preface and Acknowledgements, Prolegomenon, CHAPTER I THE MAKING OF A NEW ARISTOCRACY, CHAPTER II THE RISE OF THE ULPII, CHAPTER III IMPERIAL EXPANSION AND CRISIS, CHAPTER IV DOMITIAN’S GENERAL, NERVA’S HEIR, CHAPTER V THE NEW RULER, CHAPTER VI A PUBLIC IDEOLOGY, CHAPTER VII THE INAUGURATION OF A NEW ERA, CHAPTER VIII DACICUS, CHAPTER IX OPTIMUS PRINCEPS, CHAPTER X LAW, FINANCE AND LITERATURE, CHAPTER XI PATER PATRIAE, CHAPTER XII ‘REDACTA IN FORMAM PROVINCIAE…’, CHAPTER XIII PARTHICUS, CHAPTER XIV A PERFECT PRINCE?, APPENDIX DIO’S ACCOUNT OF THE DACIAN WARS, List of Abbreviations, Notes and References, Bibliography, Index of Personal Names, General Index

O autorze

Julian Bennett