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2 days ago · Hadrian (/ ˈ h eɪ d r i ən /, HAY-dree-ən; Latin: Publius Aelius Hadrianus [(h)adriˈjaːnus]; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, an Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Aelia gens, the Aeli Hadriani, came from the town of ...
2 days ago · Among the beloved rulers of Rome that succeeded him were Trajan (reigned 98–117), Hadrian (117–138), Antoninus Pius (138–161), and Marcus Aurelius (161–180). Together these are known as the Five Good Emperors.
2 days ago · The renaming is often presented as an act of putative disassociation in the aftermath of the AD 132-135 Bar Kokhba revolt, identifying Emperor Hadrian as the one responsible for the measure, though no direct evidence suggests exactly when the name change was implemented or by whom, and the renaming may even have taken place before the ...
2 days ago · Imperial deification continued as a practice, with all five “Good Emperors” deified between ad 96 and 180 (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, and Marcus Aurelius). Imperial cults, in both the East and the West, were a crucial unifying force in a vast empire made up of disparate peoples. 27
4 days ago · ABSTRACT. An unpublished squeeze from the collection of the École biblique, recording a dedication to the ‘Olympian Gods’ for Hadrian's sōtēria, is here presented in conversation with two closely related inscriptions, recently identified as fakes.
4 days ago · Hadrian, the emperor for whom the wall is named, was known for his relationships with young men, most notably Antinous, a Greek boy who became his companion. Their bond has been pored over by historians, painted in a nuanced light, and celebrated for its emotional depth. After Antinous's untimely death at just twenty years old—believed to be ...
3 hours ago · Trajan retained Hadrian on the Rhine frontier as a military tribune, and Hadrian thus became privy to the circle of friends and relations with whom Trajan surrounded himself. Among them was Lucius Licinius Sura , a Roman senator born in Spain and the governor of Germania Inferior , who was Trajan's personal friend and became an official adviser of the Emperor. [50]
