The Antonines: The Roman Empire in Transition Mountaineering ISBN13: 9780688171841 ISBN10: 0688171842 Material

ISBN13: 9780688171841 ISBN10: 0688171842 Material Type: hardcover

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The Antonines: The Roman Empire in Transition Mountaineering ISBN13: 9780688171841 ISBN10: 0688171842 MaterialThe Antonines Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus and Commodus played a crucial part in the development of the Roman empire, controlling its huge machine for half a century of its most testing period. Edward Gibbon observed that the epoch of the Antonines, the 2nd century A. D., was the happiest period the world had ever known. In this lucid, authoritative survey, Michael Grant re examines Gibbon's statement, and gives his own magisterial