Did Trajan really deserve his reputation as the embodiment of all imperial virtues? In this study, Dr Bennett reassesses the epigraphic and archaeological evidence, as well as the written records.
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Did Trajan really deserve his reputation as the embodiment of all imperial virtues? In this study, Dr Bennett reassesses the epigraphic and archaeological evidence, as well as the written records.
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By the 4th century Trajan was regarded as the model of imperial excellence. In the Middle Ages, he was placed by Dante in the sixth sphere of Heaven among the Just and Temperate rulers. Julian Bennett tests the substance of this glorious reputation. Did Trajan really deserve this reputation? In this study, Julian Bennett reassesses the epigraphic and archaeological evidence, as well as the written records.
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Did Trajan really deserve his reputation as the embodiment of all imperial virtues? Why did Dante, writing in the Middle Ages, place him in the sixth sphere of Heaven among the Just and Temperate rulers?In this, the only biography of Trajan available in English, Julian Bennett rigorously tests the substance of this glorious reputation. Surprisingly, for a Roman emperor, Trajan comes through the test with his reputation relatively intact.
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