The Time Travelling Emperor: Hadrian's Mobility as Mirrored in Ancient and Medieval Historiography.

The paper aims to study Hadrian's reputation as a ruler on the move in Latin, Greek, Syriac, and Byzantine histories and chronicles from the third to the twelfth century. The paper also assesses how early Roman, late antique and medieval historians' opinions on mobile and sedentary modes of governin...

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Publicado en:Scripta Classica Israelica Vol. 38; pp. 59 - 83
Autor principal: Destephen, Sylvain
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies 2019
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Sumario:The paper aims to study Hadrian's reputation as a ruler on the move in Latin, Greek, Syriac, and Byzantine histories and chronicles from the third to the twelfth century. The paper also assesses how early Roman, late antique and medieval historians' opinions on mobile and sedentary modes of governing influenced Hadrian's portrait. In addition, it will study how his attitudes towards Jews and Christians were depicted in conjunction with his journeys.