Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome (Hardcover)

from nosajeel

Not nearly as good as his biography as Cicero, maybe because this book was not meant to be a biography. It tells the history of Rome from Vespasian through Hadrian, with about half of the book being focused on Hadrian's rule. Unfortunately, the underlying sources are relatively sparse and the boo...

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

Being a life-and-times treatment of Rome's great emperor Hadrian and the factors which brought his to the throne. The book is discursive to a fault, especially at the start of the book. For about the first third of the book we hear nearly nothing about Hadrian, which would be all right if the aut...

from Meggo

A perfectly serviceable biography of Hadrian, but one that is hampered by the paucity of hard evidence about the emperor's early life and career. Well written and researched, but simply due the subject and available evidence, not as comprehensive or engaging as some of Everitt's other works. Stil...

from HadriantheBlind

A good biography of an philosophic and enigmatic emperor. Suffers a bit from the comparative lack of sources, but does a remarkable job at filling in with some good context.

from JGolomb

Before I discovered a passion for the history of the Roman Empire, I found myself drawn to Emperor Hadrian - what he accomplished, who he was, and the significant romantic notion of his worldy, artistic, monument-building approach to leading the Roman Empire. Anthony Everitt's "Hadrian - and the ...