Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire
by Elizabeth Speller
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Author: Elizabeth SpellerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-14
ISBN: 0195176138
Number of pages: 361
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: A Good Esoteric Read
Summary: 4 Stars
Jullia Balbilla is an ancient lady traveling companion to Empress who lives in the shadow of Emperor Hadrian. Hadrian parades through Judea making the soldiers parade before him in the desert heat before the Jewish Revolt before the Emperor's imperial entry into an Egyptian frontier town. Julia accompanys the Emperor Hadrian visiting the Nile delta with his favorite aging Bithynian boy toy Antinious in tow to the mysterious cults where the priests in the temples sacrifice for the everlasting life of the Emperor or whoever happens to be visiting. She carves a poem or two on the base of the singing Colossi of Memnon and then she goes on to narrate the diefication of the mysteriously drowned Antinious who becomes a God in the spoiling twighlight of Hadrian's reign.
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