![]() Hail Hadrian, patron saint of hod-carriers. In the provinces, Hadrian bolstered defences, improved cities and built temples, along the way revolutionising the construction industry and securing jobs and prosperity for the plebs. His wall in northern England was no exception, either. Tom Dyckoff wrote in The Times: “And then there were his monuments: the Pantheon, that Temple of the Divine Trajan, the vast Temple of Venus and Roma, the only building for certain designed by Hadrian, his country estate at Tivoli and, to cap it all, his mausoleum – its ruins now assimilated into Rome’s Castel Sant’ Angelo. United Nations of Roma Victrix (UNRV) History Hadrian, the Master Builder History of ancient Rome OpenCourseWare from the University of Notre Dame / Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Īncient Rome resources for students from the Courtenay Middle School Library The Internet Classics Archive Ĭambridge Classics External Gateway to Humanities Resources /web Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Metropolitan Museum of Art /about-the-met/curatorial-departments/greek-and-roman-art The Internet Classics Archive īryn Mawr Classical Review ĭe Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors īritish Museum .uk Oxford Classical Art Research Center: The Beazley Archive beazley.ox.ac.uk The Roman Empire in the 1st Century pbs.org/empires/romans “Outlines of Roman History” “The Private Life of the Romans” | BBC Ancient Rome bbc.co.uk/history Perseus Project - Tufts University Lacus Curtius Websites on Ancient Rome: Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Late Antiquity Forum Romanum Later Ancient Roman History (33 articles) Īncient Roman Life (39 articles) Īncient Greek and Roman Religion and Myths (35 articles) Īncient Roman Art and Culture (33 articles) Īncient Roman Government, Military, Infrastructure and Economics (42 articles) Īncient Greek and Roman Philosophy and Science (33 articles) Īncient Persian, Arabian, Phoenician and Near East Cultures (26 articles) Categories with related articles in this website:Įarly Ancient Roman History (34 articles) 117-138): HIS LIFE, CHARACTER AND REIGN AS EMPEROR. Apart from minor adjustments, no succeeding emperor reversed his policies. He was truly a pivotal emperor, in that he divided what was Roman from what was not. But his greatest legacy to the empire was his establishment of its frontiers, marking a halt to imperial expansion. He was attentive to the army and the provincials, and left behind him spectacular buildings such as the Pantheon in Rome and his villa at Tivoli. Pat Southern wrote for the BBC: “A cultured scholar, fond of all things Greek, Hadrian travelled all over the empire. ![]() Under his patronage, vast swaths of the city were restored. ![]() All myth, alas – indeed, one of the first acts Hadrian undertook as emperor was to honour Trajan and his sister with temples. Hadrian’s historical detractors claim that so bitter was he at Trajan’s posthumous reputation he had Apollodorus killed after the architect mocked one of Hadrian’s own designs. Tom Dyckoff wrote in The Times: “He was both an imperial paper-pusher of the most anally retentive kind – infamous for controversially ditching his predecessors’ policies of war and expansion in favour of a slightly unsexy combination of peace, consolidating territory and increasing administrative efficiency – and an aesthete, perhaps the most erudite, sensitive and sophisticated of all Roman emperors, well versed in poetry and painting, and a virtuoso in his greatest love of all – architecture. Hadrian is famous for his stunning accomplishments in Rome and Athens, but his personality is a puzzle. He was born in Rome but, like Trajan, grew up in Spain. Hadrian, whose full name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, was Trajan's adopted heir. ![]() Hadrian also designed several monuments in Rome and may have even been the chief architect of the Pantheon. He protected Roman citizens from hostile tribes in Scotland by overseeing the construction of Hadrian's Wall and made peace in Mesopotamia by pulling back from the Euphrates and making peace with the Parthians. He and Trajan oversaw an exceptional period of peace and prosperity. He distinguished himself as a visionary leader, military strategist, poet, artist and architect. 117-138) was the emperor of Rome during the golden age of the Roman Empire. ![]()
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