Title: Hadrian : art, politics and economy /
Authors: Opper, Thorsten.; British Museum.
Publisher: British Museum,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Hadrian,; Emperors Rome Biography; Art, Roman; Rome History; Rome Antiquities.
Abstract: This book presents the proceedings of the 2009 conference relating to the 2008 exhibition at the British Museum entitled "Hadrian: Empire and Conflict" and complements and expands upon the exhibition catalogue. It covers such subjects as architecture, sculpture, archaeology, economics, numismatics and philhellenism and ranges over the Roman Empire from Britain and Spain in the West to Turkey and Georgia in the East. The original contributions by international scholars present the latest state of research and the first publication of some new material. Thorsten Opper is a curator of Greek and Roman sculpture at the British Museum. He organised the internationally acclaimed 2008 exhibition "Hadrian: Empire and Conflict" and authored the accompanying catalogue (British Museum Press 2008). He currently directs a fieldwork project at Hadrian's Villa, near Rome.
Contents: Introduction: continuity and change in the reign of Hadrian / Thorsten Opper -- Hadrian's succession and the monuments of Trajan / Amanda Claridge -- Hadrian and the Agrippa inscription of the Pantheon / Mary T. Boatwright -- Who built the Pantheon?: Agrippa, Apollodorus, Hadrian and Trajan / Mark Wilson Jones -- A colossal portrait of Hadrian and the Imperial Group from the Roman baths at Sagalassos / Semra Mägele -- The fate of the colossal statues of Hadrian and other memebers of the imperial family from the "Imperial Baths" at Sagalassos during Late Antiquity / Marc Waelkens -- Matidia Minor and Suessa Aurunca / Sergio Cascella -- Images of a divine youth: the Brussels Antinous and its workshop / Cécile Evers ; with an appendix by Daniel Roger -- Hadrian's Villa and the use of the Aphrodisian marbles from the Göktepe quarries / Matthias Bruno, Donato Attanasio and Ali Bahadir Yavuz -- Hadrian and Egypt: exchange and embassies in 2nd-century trade with the East / Roberta Tomber -- Reshaping the Empire: Hadrian's economic policy / Rosario Rovira-Guardiola -- Britain under Trajan and Hadrian / Anthony Birley -- The impact of Roman Spain's transformation on Hadrian's life and policies / José Remesal Rodríguez -- Georgia in Roman times (1st to 4th centuries AD) / Manana Odisheli.