Why was Trajan called a virtuous pagan?
Because of Trajan’s tepid response to Christian “punishment” and because he did not pursue Christians, medieval theologians called him a “virtuous pagan.” These letters were written in c. 112 AD when pagan Rome was still struggling with how to handle this popular Christian movement.
Is Trajan a good emperor?
Trajan's first English-language biography by Julian Bennett is also a positive one in that it assumes that Trajan was an active policy-maker concerned with the management of the empire as a whole – something his reviewer Lendon considers an anachronistic outlook that sees in the Roman emperor a kind of modern administrator.
Where can I find a book about Trajan?
"TRAJAN". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Jones, Brian (2002). The Emperor Domitian. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-03625-9. Lepper, F.A. Trajan's Parthian War. London: Oxford University Press, 1948. OCLC 2898605 Also available online. Luttwak, Edward N. (1979). The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third.
Who was Trajan's consul?
On his return he entered politics under the Emperor Domitian; and in the year 100 A. D. was appointed consul by Trajan and admitted to confidential intercourse with that emperor.
Comment devenir Trajan quand on nest quHonorius?