Hadrian

Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, also known as Trajan, was born on 18 September in Italica, Spain in the year AD 52. His Spanish origin made him the first emperor of Rome to not to be born in Italy. Trajan was the son of a well-respected general and senator also named Marcus Ulpius Trajanus. In his adult years, he became a soldier and served on many distant Roman frontiers. He was elected head of the senate in 98 A.D. Shortly after, he married a woman named Pompeia Plotina. Trajan, who was at that time…

Tiger Gao Art History ASP w/ Mr. Callahan 10/10/2015 Why can the Pantheon in Rome be seen as the pinnacle of Roman architecture? The Pantheon was built by Emperor Hadrian between 118 and 125 C.E. and is regarded as one of the most iconic pieces of Roman architecture. Built without any steel rods, Pantheon withstood external influences in the past centuries and still stands as one of the best-preserved temples in Rome today, representing the pinnacle of Roman architecture. While the Pantheon’s…

unknown, scholars know that the plans would have had to have been constructed by an individual who was able to calculate all the details of the design and structure, and come up with the models and drawings. So it most certainly would not have been Hadrian himself, even though his name has been thrown around, it seems to be very unlikely. The pantheon was originally a pagan temple that was built to worship all of the gods, but in the year of 609 B.C.E. the emperor of Constantinople gave…

Hadrian was a Roman emperor who had an intriguing biographical background that after many centuries to fascinate society. Hadrian was known as the traveling emperor as he concentrated on the rebirth of the Roman Empire. He is best known for his passion for Greek art, literature, philosophy, his interest in architecture and more prominently his obsessive infatuation of an otherwise unimportant man, Antinous. Hadrian's parent died while he was a child and Emperor Trajan and Acilius Attanus…

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…

Caesar, Aurelian, Vespasian, Augustus and Hadrian. Hadrian was good emperor because he admired the Greek architecture and he established cities throughout the Balkan Peninsula, Egypt, Asia Minor and Greece. To prevent the military troops from becoming restive Hadrian established intense drills and personally inspected the army. Hadrian threatened the army and taught them discipline. Hadrian also had war games made and he would give speeches to the army. Hadrian also had the archers and…

Although Hadrian was not tolerant of certain religious groups throughout his reign, he belongs in the Hall of Fame because he focused on consolidation rather than expansion, united the empire using architecture, and showed interest in people of all social classes. Hadrian was born in Spain in 76 CE and rose through the ranks of Roman politics and military, partly due to his relationship with Trajan. After Hadrian's father died in 85 AD, Hadrian was entrusted to the care of two men. One of them,…

Hades, the God of the Underworld, or should I say Hadrian. When Spencer Perry's boyfriend Micah died, she just knew there was an underworld where she could make a deal with Hades. When she meets Hades, he isn't at all what she thought he was, least of all not his proposal. She was to spend 6 months in the underworld, but when weird things start to happen on the surface, invisible forces attacking people, who else is there to blame except for Hadrian. She made the deal, and there is no going back…

The third of the five good emperors, Publius Aelius Trainus Hadrianus, or Hadrian as he is more widely known, ruled between 117-138CE. During the death of the previous emperor, Trajan, it is believed Hadrian was adopted by Trajan and named as his heir; however, there is consistent speculation over the validity of the adoption. Nevertheless, Hadrian succeeded Trajan and became a benevolent emperor who took responsibility for those he governed, embraced architecture, and advanced the already…

During the rest of his reign Hadrian often traveled the empire working towards his goals of peace; overall he traveled twelve of the twenty years he ruled. He even builds a ship in order to travel faster and more efficiently. Instead of continuing to conquer like Trajan had, he pulls back from some of their lands such as Armenia and Parthia and makes it his goal to defend the lands rather than gain more. His legacy is of great importance to him and he wants to make sure Rome prospers under his…