Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome -

Anthony Everitt

Random House Trade Paperbacks

2009

448 páginas

14h 56m

ISBN-10: 0812978145

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. Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt vividly recounts Hadrian’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.

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

By 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.

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Excelente

Adriano foi um dos maiores imperadores no estilo grego/romano. Acho que a maior sacada dele foi perceber que não dava mais para ampliar o império. No máximo, consolidá-lo.

O livro vai no detalhe e tenta traçar um perfil psicológico dele. Algo difícil. Mas muito interessante. Não faz julgamentos rápidos e simplórios. Adriano é de um mundo que pouco entendemos. penso que só historiadores experientes podem realmente avaliar individuos como ele. Não podemos nunca usar os valores atuais.