Septimius Severus - Countdown to Death - Couverture rigide

Zahran, Yasmine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1900988194 ISBN 13 : 9781900988193

Editeur : Stacey International, 2001

Synopsis

Book by ZAHRAN Yasmine Tubb Jonathan

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A rare biography of the Roman emperor, adopted son of Marcus Aurelius and commander of the empire when it stood at its widest extent. Born in the Roman province of Leptis Magna, in Africa, Septimius Severus was Roman Emperor from 193 to 211. Severus seized power after the death of Emperor Pertinax in 193 during the Year of the Five Emperors. Once he had reaffirmed his rule over the western provinces, Severus waged a brief war in the east against the Parthian Empire, sacking their capital Ctesiphon in 197 and expanding the eastern frontier to the Tigris. Late in his reign he traveled to Britain, strengthening Hadrian's Wall and reoccupying the Antonine Wall. In 208 he began the conquest of Caledonia (modern Scotland), but his ambitions were cut short when he fell fatally ill in late 210. With the succession of his sons, Severus founded the Severan dynasty, the last dynasty of the empire before the Crisis of the Third Century.

Biographie de l'auteur

Yasmine Zahran - Author of Philip the Arab: A Study in Prejudice and Septimius Severus: Countdown to Death. Born in Ramallah, Palestine, she was educated at Columbia University, New York, and the University of London, and received a doctorate in archaeology at the Sorbonne, Paris. She worked at UNESCO for a number of years and established, directed and taught at the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem (1991-1995). She divides her time between Paris and Ramallah, where she writes and researches, besides traveling extensively to visit archaeological sites.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stacey International
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1900988194
• ISBN 13: 9781900988193
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Éditeur: Tubb Jonathan N.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible