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ISBN13: B009O2BY9Q ISBN10: B009O2BY9Q Material Type: paperback

The Antonines: The Roman Empire in Transition Mountaineering whether they want it toThe Antonines Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus and Commodus played a crucial part in the development of the Roman empire, controlling its huge machine for half a century of its most testing period. Edward Gibbon observed that the epoch of the Antonines, the 2nd century A. D., was the happiest period the world had ever known. In this lucid, authoritative survey, Michael Grant re examines Gibbon's statement, and gives his own magisterial