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Imperial Triumph

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Imperial Triumph
Full titleImperial Triumph: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine
AuthorMichael Kulikowski
Published2016
Pages386
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listKulikowski’s political history of Rome from Hadrian to Constantine — the century usually written off as crisis, argued instead as a state reorganising itself.

Where I heard about it

  • The replies to @typesfast — named in the thread asking “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (June 2025), as “Kulikowski’s Imperial Triumph”; the full set of replies is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).

Connections

  • Rome — The subject.
  • Institutions — Kulikowski’s angle: the machinery of the imperial state.
  • What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
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