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Author:
Everitt, Anthony.
Title:
Hadrian and the triumph of Rome [sound recording] / Anthony Everitt.
Format:
[sound recording] /
Publisher:
Recorded Books,
Copyright Date:
p2009
Description:
12 sound discs (14 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Hadrian,--Emperor of Rome,--76-138.
Emperors--Rome--Biography.
Rome--History--Hadrian, 117-138.
Audiobooks.
Other Authors:
Curless, John. nrt
Notes:
In container (17 cm.) Title from container. "Unabridged Biography"--Container. "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container. Compact disc. Narrated by John Curless.
Summary:
Everitt delivers an account of the former orphan who became Roman emperor in A.D. 117 after the death of his guardian Trajan. Hadrian strengthened Rome by ending territorial expansion and fortifying existing borders. And--except for the uprising he triggered in Judea--his strength-based diplomacy brought peace to the realm after a century of warfare.
ISBN:
1440735573
9781440735578
OCLC:
(OCoLC)440183278
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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