Trajan: Optimus Princeps

ISBN-13: 9780415241502 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 352 str.

Julian Bennett

Opis

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.

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