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Trajan Optimus Princeps: A Life and Times
TRAJAN Optimus Princeps
TRAJAN OPTIMUS PRINCEPS
A Life and Times
Julian Bennett
London and New York
 
First published 1997
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.
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© 1997 Julian Bennett
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by
any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known
or hereafter invented, including photocopying and
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system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Bennett, Julian.
Trajan, optimus princeps: a life and times/Julian Bennett.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Trajan, Emperor of Rome, 53–117.2. Rome—History—98–117.
3. Roman emperors—Biography. I. Title.
DG294.B46 1997
937’.07’092–dc20
96–31094
ISBN 0-203-36056-7 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-37312-X (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 0-415-165245 (Print Edition)
CONTENTS
List of Figures and Maps
vi
List of Plates
vii
Outline of Significant Events
viii
Preface and Acknowledgements
xii
Prolegomenon
xvi
CHAPTER I THE MAKING OF A NEW ARISTOCRACY
1
CHAPTER II THE RISE OF THE ULPII
12
CHAPTER III IMPERIAL EXPANSION AND CRISIS
28
CHAPTER IV DOMITIAN’S GENERAL, NERVA’S HEIR
43
CHAPTER V THE NEW RULER
54
CHAPTER VI A PUBLIC IDEOLOGY
64
CHAPTER VII THE INAUGURATION OF A NEW ERA
75
CHAPTER VIII DACICUS
87
CHAPTER IX OPTIMUS PRINCEPS
106
CHAPTER X LAW, FINANCE AND LITERATURE
120
CHAPTER XI PATER PATRIAE
140
CHAPTER XII ‘REDACTA IN FORMAM PROVINCIAE…’
164
CHAPTER XIII PARTHICUS
186
CHAPTER XIV A PERFECT PRINCE?
208
APPENDIX DIO’S ACCOUNT OF THE DACIAN WARS
217
List of Abbreviations
222
Notes and References
226

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