It is not every day that a historical biography starts off like an action movie, but David Soria's book does so with the Roman army on the march, the air charged with tension
and an emperor who looks like a Hollywood movie star.
like a Hollywood movie star. A little history:
Marcus Ulpius Trajan (c. 53-117), born in Italica (near present-day Seville), was the first Roman emperor of provincial origin. He ruled during the period of maximum expansion of the Empire and was nicknamed “Optimus princeps” (the best emperor) by his contemporaries.
It was one of the most brilliant moments in Roman history: a period of stability, political consensus and unprecedented military efficiency, where Rome demonstrated its power and brutality with equal intensity.
