Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome

Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
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Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt, whose Augustus was praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as â€œa narrative of sustained drama and skillful analysis,â€ is the rare writer whose work both informs and enthralls. In Hadrian and the Triumph of Romeâ€“the first major account of the emperor in nearly a centuryâ€“Everitt presents a compelling, richly researched biography of the man whom he calls arguably â€œthe most successful of Romeâ€™s rulers.â€

Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Everitt vividly recounts Hadrianâ€™s thrilling life, in which the emperor brings a century of disorder and costly warfare to a peaceful conclusion while demonstrating how a monarchy can be compatible with good governance. Hadrian was brave and astuteâ€“despite his sometimes prickly demeanorâ€“as well as an accomplished huntsman, poet, and student of philosophy.

What distinguished Hadrianâ€™s rule, according to Everitt, were two insights that inevitably ensured the empireâ€™s long and prosperous future: He ended Romeâ€™s territorial expansion, which had become strategically and economically untenable, by fortifying her boundaries (the many famed Walls of Hadrian), and he effectively â€œHellenizedâ€ Rome by anointing Athens the empireâ€™s cultural center, thereby making Greek learning and art vastly more prominent in Roman life.

With unprecedented detail, Everitt illuminates Hadrianâ€™s private life, including his marriage to Sabinaâ€“a loveless, frequently unhappy bond that bore no heirsâ€“and his enduring yet doomed relationship with the true love of his life, Antinous, a beautiful young Bithynian man. Everitt also covers Hadrianâ€™s war against the Jews, which planted the seeds of present-day discord in the Middle East.

Despite his tremendous legacyâ€“including a virtual â€œmarble biographyâ€ of still-standing structuresâ€“Hadrian is considered one of Romeâ€™s more enigmatic emperors. But making splendid use of recently discovered archaeological materials and his own exhaustive research, Everitt sheds new light on one of the most important figures of the ancient world.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2009-09-01
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9781400066629

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2009-09-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9781400066629

Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome

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