Trajan Builder of Masterpieces

Builder of Masterpieces: From Nero to Hadrian

Edited by Lucrezia Ungaro

Book cover: Trajan Builder of Masterpieces

Extent: 100 pages

Publisher: L’ERMA di Bretschneider

Subjects: Classical Studies

Series: Studia Archaeologica

Series volume number: 277

Language: English

Paperback (Forthcoming)

(October 2026)

ISBN: 9788891339003

6.69 x 9.45 inches

Price: $150.00

This catalogue, containing contributions from leading Italian scholars, presents an overview of Roman society and the good governance and luxury during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, under Emperor Trajan (AD 98-117), the optimus princeps. This fascinating narrative unfolds through 147 works, including statues, portraits, reliefs, marble and bronze furnishings, ornaments, frescoes, and the HR of Trajan’s Column, all belonging to major public Collections: the Vatican Museums, the National Roman Museum, the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, and the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica.

  • Edited by Lucrezia Ungaro