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Optimus Princeps

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An edition of Trajan (1997)

Trajan

Optimus Princeps

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Trajan (AD 98-117) is one of the very few Roman emperors who has always been seen in a good light. Popular during his lifetime, by the fourth century he had become the litmus test of imperial excellence. In the Middle Ages he was placed by Dante in the sixth sphere of Heaven among the Just and Temperate Rulers, and for Gibbon, Trajan's principate ushered in the Golden Age of the Roman Empire.

In this the first comprehensive biography in English, Julian Bennett tests the substance of the emperor's glorious reputation. No ancient biography of Trajan survives and the period as a whole is singularly ill-served by the extant literary evidence. A thorough examination of the contemporary archaeological and epigraphic evidence supplements this inadequate written record and allows Dr Bennett to cover every major aspect of Trajan's reign.

Dr Bennett's central conclusion is that Trajan's reign was indeed the apogee of the principate established by Augustus and his successors. It saw the birth of the 'imperiate' - the full realization of the imperial system. Moreover, the emperor himself is seen as the pivotal character in this development. Trajan's contemporary reputation as Optimus Princeps seems to have been richly deserved.

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Trajan: optimus princeps
2001, Indiana University Press
in English - 2nd ed.
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Trajan: Optimus Princeps
March 1, 2001, Indiana University Press
Paperback in English - 2nd edition
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Trajan: Optimus Princeps (Routledge Imperial Biographies)
December 21, 2000, Routledge
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Trajan: Optimus Princeps
May 1, 1997, Indiana University Press
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Trajan: Optimus Princeps (Roman Imperial Biographies)
April 17, 1997, Routledge
Hardcover in English - 1 edition
Cover of: Trajan
Trajan: optimus princeps : a life and times
1997, Indiana University Press
in English
Cover of: Trajan
Trajan: optimus princeps : a life and times
1997, Routledge
in English

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Library of Congress
DG294 .B46 1997, DG294.B46 1997, DG294 .B46 1996

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Format
Library Binding
Number of pages
352
Dimensions
9.8 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.8 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9729736M
Internet Archive
trajanoptimuspri0000benn
ISBN 10
0253332168
ISBN 13
9780253332165
LCCN
96031094
OCLC/WorldCat
503244590
Library Thing
553845
Goodreads
5866209

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