false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178429168m/795411.jpg 795411 2 Hadrian's Wall is one of the world's best known legacies of the Roman Empire. It has stood for two thousand years as a moment to its creator, and yet he himself remains an enigmatic figure. Now bestselling author Danny Danziger and Nicholas Purcell reveal the details of the extraordinary life of this mysterious man, and the age in which he lived and ruled. Hadrian was Spanish, and a restless, inquiring intellectual. He travelled constantly and spent much time in cultural centres like Athens and Alexandria. Although he was not warlike, he was a good soldier, and was comfortable mingling amongst all ranks. And yet his personal life was a complicated one, rife with scandal and conflicted sexuality. This complex character was also responsible for some of the world's most enduring architectural treasures. He built the Pantheon in Rome, the largest dome built using pre-industrial methods and a sprawling 900-room villa at Tivoli with a towering 'pumpkin dome' - a fittingly idiosyncratic memorial to this most unusual of emperors. 781389 2005 Hadrian's Empire total:2|5:1|4:1| 2 9 4 0 795411 0340833610 9780340833612 1 0 4.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178429168m/795411.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/795411.Hadrian_s_Empire 0 0 false Sun Feb 22 08:46:47 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 08:46:47 -0800 2009 795411 0340833610 9780340833612 1 0 4.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178429168m/795411.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/795411.Hadrian_s_Empire 5 0 false Thu Feb 19 20:35:35 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 20:35:50 -0800 2009 2039409 0340833602 9780340833605 1 0 4.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2039409.Hadrian_s_Empire_When_Rome_Ruled_the_World 4 0 false Mon Feb 02 12:05:34 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 12:05:34 -0800 2009 795411 0340833610 9780340833612 1 0 4.50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178429168m/795411.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/795411.Hadrian_s_Empire 0 0 false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 05:47:32 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 05:47:57 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=795411