The Antonines: The Roman Empire in TransitionThe 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. |
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Part II The Antonine Age | |
Chronological Table | |
Abbreviations | |
References | |
Notes | |
Some books about the Antonine period | |
Index | |