THE EASTERN EXPEDITION OF LUCIUS VERUS(AD 162-166)

摘要

“The travels of the Caesars bring in most aspects of imperial history”.Such wasthe assertion of Syme in his survey of the peripatetic reign of Hadrian(1988,159).After Hadrian,the next journey of real significance undertakn by anemperor was that of Lucius Verus,who spent five years away from Rome ascommander of military campaigns in the east.These travels,like those of Hadrian,