Search Results: Hadrian by Anthony R Birley

Routledge. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Routledge. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover in jacket. Ink underlining in text to first 100 pages..

Routledge, 2000. Paperback. Very good, slightly creased spine.

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Routledge, 1997, London end New York.. 24x16. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta. 400 pgs. Texto en ingles. 676054

London: Routledge, 1997. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Silver lettered black cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 399 pp. Maps and 37 plates. Nice copy.

New. 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 - trimmed down the lands beyond the lower Danube, and constructed new demarcation lines in Germany, North Africa, and most famously Hadrian's Wall in Britain, to delimit the empire. The emperor Hadrian, a strange and baffling figure to his contemporaries, had a many-sided personality. Insatiably ambitious, and a passionate Philhellene, he promoted the 'Greek Renaissance' extravagantly. But his attempt to Hellenize the Jews, including the outlawing of circumcision, had disastrous consequences, and his 'Greek' love of the beautiful Bithynian boy Antinous ended in tragedy. No comprehensive account of Hadrian's life and reign has been attempted for over seventy years. In Hadrian: The Restless Emperor, Anthony Birley brings together the new evidence from inscriptions and papyri, and up-to-date and… Read More

London & New York: Routledge, 2000. Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Near Fine. . Paperback. Physically Trade Paperback (9¼” x 6”) (1.2 kg); 399pp; Index; Bibliography; In the Roman Imperial Biographies series; Includes: Street plans; Black & white photographs (on plates and within the text); Maps; Frontispiece; ISBN: 0-415-22812-3 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #195116|| Condition:

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Hadrian: The Restless Emperor provides a thorough and fascinating account of a man who, though hated when he died, left an indelible mark on the Roman Empire.

Routledge, 2000. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 424 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. This biography draws together inscriptional and literary evidence, as well as academic research, in order to examine the reign and politics of the emperor Hadrian. In examining both his private and public life, it touches on his building programme, the Jewish war and his personal relationships.

Routledge, 2000. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 424 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.25 inches.

Routledge. DJ in archival cover. Stated first published 1997. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1997.

Routledge. Stated First Published. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1997.