Seminar - Trajan And Pliny Flashcards
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B. Levick - Pliny in Bithynia
A
There were long-standing problems in the east (or throughout the empire) such as administrative inefficiency and financial corruption. For example, the ex gratia payments made to officials.
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Bennett - Trajan: Optimus Princepsv
A
Trajan had a personal ideology directed towards administration in the empire - each of his reforms was aimed at unifying the empire politically, economically and militarily.