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Hadrian: The Restless Emperor

Anthony R Birley, Anthony R. Birley - History - 2013 - 416 pages
Hadrian's reign (AD 117-138) was a watershed in the history of the Roman Empire. Hadrian abandoned his predecessor Trajan's eastern conquests - Mesopotamia and Armenia ...
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Roman Papers, Volume 2

Ronald Syme - Rome - 1979 - 404 pages
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Life in Roman Britain

Anthony Birley - Great Britain - 1964 - 206 pages
Picture of the times and daily life of individual Britons during the more than 400 years that Rome occupied their island province.
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The Religion of Senators in the Roman Empire: Power and the Beyond

Zsuzsanna Várhelyi - History - 2010
This book examines the connection between political and religious power in the pagan Roman Empire through a study of senatorial religion. Presenting a new collection of ...
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Power and Privilege in Roman Society

Richard Duncan-Jones - History - 2016
How far were appointments in the Roman Empire based on merit? Did experience matter? What difference did social rank make? This innovative study of the Principate examines the ...
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Nerva and the Roman Succession Crisis of AD 96-99

John D. Grainger - History - 2003 - 204 pages
The imperial succession at Rome was notoriously uncertain, and where possible hereditary succession was preferred. John Grainger's detailed study looks at aperiod of intrigue ...
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Vespasian

Barbara Levick - History - 2016 - 386 pages
From a pre-eminent biographer in the field, this volume examines the life and times of the emperor Vespasian and challenges the validity of his perennial good reputation and ...
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Roman Britain: A New History 55 BC-AD 450

Patricia Southern - History - 2011 - 432 pages
The most authoritative history of Roman Britain ever published for the general reader.
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