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
Otros Autores: Kulikowski, Michael, 1970- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press 2016
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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.