简介:“ThetravelsoftheCaesarsbringinmostaspectsofimperialhistory”.SuchwastheassertionofSymeinhissurveyoftheperipateticreignofHadrian(1988,159).AfterHadrian,thenextjourneyofrealsignificanceundertaknbyanemperorwasthatofLuciusVerus,whospentfiveyearsawayfromRomeascommanderofmilitarycampaignsintheeast.Thesetravels,likethoseofHadrian,