Roman Emperor Hadrian Research Paper

This emperor was one the most remarkable and talented individual Rome has produced and he was one the central figures of the “5 Good Emperors.” Hadrian was born on January 24, 76 C.E. near Naples, Italy where Trajan was Emperor at the time. At the age of 10, Hadrian had traveled to Italica for the 1st time but didn’t stay for too long. During his years he was a military tribune with three different legions in consecutive years and at the age of 32 he was consulted. As an emperor Hadrian has come across policies that he had to follow, had literary and artistic achievements and his last years as emperor.
Hadrian had goals as an emperor and that was to make sure he established natural or man-made boundaries that were for the empire. During his …show more content…
He later then adopted Commodus to keep him company which everyone though was his bastard son. Commodus later then died in 138 and Hadrian choose T. Aurelius Fulvius Boionius Arrius Antonius known as Antonius Pius and was born in Rome 86. Hadrian later made Antonius adopt 2 young men who were intended to succeed in the years ahead. The one young men was a 7 year-old who was Commodus son name Lucius Aeluis Aureluis Commodus and the other a 17 year-old boy named Marcus Aeluis Aureluis Verus. Antonius later died in 161, which made the young men become co-emperors. On July 10, 138, Hadrian passed away and was cremated, his ashes were then put in his own mausoleum with custom honors. There was a great temple in Campus Martius that was built just for Hadrian’s in his memory in the early 140s.
Hadrian’s was a good emperor he followed his policies that were given to him and even made his own policies to follow. He had a good life by traveling and becoming more known by his literary and his poems and the way he built buildings. His life returning back to Europe wasn’t the easiest for him but at the end he is still remembered to this