The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
The Antonines
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 14
There is a quiet gravity to these emperors, as though the weight of Rome itself rests in their measured gestures. Their presence suggests a time when power moved with deliberation rather than haste.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Middle-aged to elderly
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 14
- Books
- 1
The Antonines ruled during what Gibbon considered Rome's golden age of internal prosperity and wise governance. Their collective reign represented the height of enlightened imperial administration, when the empire's vast machinery operated with remarkable stability and justice.
Description
The Antonines appear as middle-aged to elderly Roman emperors whose bearing reflects the internal prosperity and wise government of Rome. They carry themselves with imperial dignity, their features marked by the authority of long rule.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
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