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From Augustus’ Reign To The ‘Five Good Emperors,’ Go Inside The Famous Pax Romana Era
From 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E., the Roman Empire saw a period of relative tranquility and prosperity now known as the Pax Romana ...
From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including the Forum of Peace in Rome, dedicated by Emperor Vespasian; the Library of ...
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How presidential libraries mirror the legacy-building of emperors
The Ulpian Library, a great library in the center of Rome, was founded by Emperor Trajan ... Named after a regional Roman consul and proconsul during the reign of Trajan, the building was founded ...
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Collection of Roman coins unearthed by metal detectorist in Barton Bendish is classified as treasure
A metal detectorist found a hoard of coins which were used throughout the Roman period. Colin Cole unearthed a total of 16 ...
Egyptian island with a remarkable past
His portrayals of ancient sites in Egypt — and Jerusalem, Baalbek, Petra and Arabia — were bound into volumes of lithographs ...
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From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
As a scholar of libraries in the Greek and Roman world, I was struck by the ... a great library in the center of Rome, was founded by Emperor Trajan, who ruled around the turn of the second ...
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From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Myrsini Mamoli, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Here in Atlanta ...