{"id":508,"date":"2016-11-20T19:50:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T19:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2016-12-10T09:26:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T09:26:48","slug":"trajan-the-perfect-emperor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=508","title":{"rendered":"Trajan &#8211; The perfect emperor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry-title\">Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi iwSsQuTTjH90-pQOPx8XEepE\" style=\"font-size: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6Z_d0Lv5uTk\/VjS3JZxoqnI\/AAAAAAAAWXg\/qEzMqklit98\/s1600\/col08.jpg?resize=366%2C489&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Related image\" width=\"366\" height=\"489\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In later periods Trajan would be listed amongst Rome&#8217;s best three emperors. But what is this reputation based on, and where did this emperor come from?<\/p>\n<p><strong>19 January<\/strong>: Bullying yourself into power<\/p>\n<p><strong>26 January:<\/strong>\u00a0Responding to the provocation or the lure of gold?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>2 February:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Providing for Rome &#8211; The Baths of Trajan<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>9 February: <\/b>Optimus Princeps &#8211; Trajan and the Senate<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>16 February: <\/b>Pater Patriae &#8211; Trajan and the provinces<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2 March:<\/strong>\u00a0Creating a new Rome &#8211; The province of Dacia<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>9 March:\u00a0<\/b>The Wonder of the World- The Forum of Trajan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>16 March: <\/b>Conqueror of the World: Rome against Parthia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>23 March:\u00a0<\/b>The Succession<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The lectures can be attended individually or as a complete course.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Day<\/b>: Thursdays\u00a0<b>Time<\/b>: 2pm\u2013 4pm<\/p>\n<p>9 week weeks (with half term\u00a0break), starting<b>\u00a019th January-23rd March, 2017<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Venue<\/b>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\">Cross Street Chapel<br \/>\n<\/a>Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Concessions<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Minimum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Maximum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a3100<\/td>\n<td>\u00a390*<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*if booked before 25th December, 2016<\/p>\n<p><b>Price for individual lectures <\/b>(please indicate which lectures when booking):<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Concessions<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Minimum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Maximum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a311<\/td>\n<td>\u00a310*<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*\u00a310 if booked before 25th December, 2016<\/p>\n<p>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Birgitta Hoffmann,\u00a055 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br \/>\n<b>email<\/b>: latinteacher@btinternet.com <b>phone<\/b>: 07747 533 070<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann In later periods Trajan would be listed amongst Rome&#8217;s best three emperors. But what is this reputation based on, and where did this emperor come from? 19 January: Bullying yourself into power 26 January:\u00a0Responding to the provocation or the lure of gold? 2 February:\u00a0Providing for Rome &#8211; The Baths of Trajan 9 February: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-508","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}