Hadrian's Empire: When Rome Ruled the World - Rilegato

Danziger, Danny; Purcell, Nicholas

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0340833602 ISBN 13: 9780340833605

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2005

Riassunto

Hadrian's Wall is one of the world's best known legacies of the Roman Empire. It has stood for two thousand years as a moment to its creator, and yet he himself remains an enigmatic figure. Now, bestselling author Danny Danziger and Nicholas Purcell reveal the details of the extraordinary life of this mysterious man, and the age in which he lived and ruled. Hadrian was Spanish, and a restless, inquiring intellectual. He travelled constantly and spent much time in cultural centres like Athens and Alexandria. Although he was not warlike, he was a good soldier, and was comfortable mingling amongst all ranks. And yet his personal life was a complicated one, rife with scandal and conflicted sexuality. This complex character was also responsible for some of the world's most enduring architectural treasures. He built the Pantheon in Rome, the largest dome built using pre-industrial methods and a sprawling 900-room villa at Tivoli with a towering 'pumpkin dome' - a fittingly idiosyncratic memorial to this most unusual of emperors.

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0340833602
• ISBN 13: 9780340833605
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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