Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous |
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Already deeply impressed by ancient Greek civilisation , Rome preferred to work through its characteristic unit of the city and its leading ... Under the Republic , the Greeks had been plundered and drained by exactions and civil wars .
Already deeply impressed by ancient Greek civilisation , Rome preferred to work through its characteristic unit of the city and its leading ... Under the Republic , the Greeks had been plundered and drained by exactions and civil wars .
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Nevertheless , under the Flavians the loyal Greek establishment began to be promoted to the very centre of power . Vespasian himself appointed the first two Greek Senators and his son Domitian promoted them to the highest office of ...
Nevertheless , under the Flavians the loyal Greek establishment began to be promoted to the very centre of power . Vespasian himself appointed the first two Greek Senators and his son Domitian promoted them to the highest office of ...
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Here then , heaven - sent , was a true Greek hero for the new ' age of gold ' . The Greeks had been longing for a symbol , linked to their great common history , round whom they could rally . Antinous was from Bithynion , a colony of ...
Here then , heaven - sent , was a true Greek hero for the new ' age of gold ' . The Greeks had been longing for a symbol , linked to their great common history , round whom they could rally . Antinous was from Bithynion , a colony of ...
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Scandal of the centuries | 1 |
Antinous the young Greek c 11023 | 15 |
Hadrian the Roman Emperor 76123 | 33 |
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