Hadrian: Empire and Conflict | 
 enlarge | Author: Thorsten Opper
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 9.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0674030958
Dewey Decimal Number: 937.07092
EAN: 9780674030954
ASIN: 0674030958
Publication Date: September 15, 2008
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p Even in the panoply of Roman history, Hadrian stands out. Emperor from 117 to 138 span class="era"ad/span, he was at once a benevolent ruler and a ruthless military leader, known for his restless and ambitious nature, his interest in architecture, and his passion for Greek culture. This book moves beyond the familiar image of Hadrian to offer a new appraisal of this Emperorrsquo;s contradictory personality, his exploits and accomplishments, his rule, and his military role, against the backdrop of his twenty-one-year reign. /pp Lavishly illustrated with key works of art and objects, celebrated and little-known sculptures, bronzes, coins and medals, drawings, and watercolors from museums around the globe, the book conveys a vivid sense of the world Hadrian inhabited. Thorsten Opper shows the emperor from many angles?as a complex individual, as a military leader and strategist, as the amateur architect who created magnificent buildings such as his villa at Tivoli (an empire in miniature), as the lover who deified his male lover Antinous after his mysterious death in the Nile, and, finally, as the traveler who tirelessly roamed his empire and its boundaries. /pp From his place in Roman history to his legacy, which even makes its way into the popular culture of our day, the Hadrian who emerges from these pages is no longer larger than life; rather, he has all the depth and complexity, the color and shadings and detail of life itself. /p (20080915)
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The Epic Hadrian. November 21, 2008
Mr. Hans Boonen
I have so many personal reasons for continuing to be captivated by the Epic "Hadrian"; there was first making acquaintance when completing school in 1945-50, then the joyful reading of Marguerite Yourcenar's "Memoires d'Hadrien", and, again, my fortune of fulfilling career duties in distant corners of this world sometimes able to share one's interests with others. Until some years ago, retired, my two admirable british friends took me on that Tour of the 3 Kingdoms England, Ireland an Scotland when for the first time beholding Hadrian's Wall, and this more recently followed by the superb exposition "Hadrian Empire and Conflict". br /So you see, Thorsten Opper's excellent and beautiful book is a heaven-sent and cherished by me as the perfect souvenir of times of epical achievements. Frankly, it's not merely a matter of recommending this precious book to others; one must have lived with love and respect for "The Ancient", and then this oeuvre is the perfect gift ! With gratitude Hans Boonen (France).
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