Hadrian

On April 26, 121, in Rome, Italy, Marcus Annius Verus was born. He grew up in a wealthy and prestigious family. By the time Marcus had been born, his grandfather had already held several high ranking government positions; his aunt was married to the future emperor; and his grandmother was set to inherit one of the largest fortunes in Rome at the time. Even as a young child, Marcus was a hardworking and studious pupil. A few of his favorite tutors included Apollonius of Chalcedon, Junius Rusticus…

Emperor Hadrian, the ruler during the time the Pantheon was built, contributes to many of the Pantheons aspects. “In the tenth year he lost his father … he immersed himself rather enthusiastically in Greek studies – in fact he was so attracted in this direction that some people used to call him a ‘little Greek.’” Additionally, from 124 to 125 AD, Hadrian was traveling to Greece, interested in their society and its values. Many features…

Hadrian’s Wall is an ultimate example of incredible Roman architecture. Implying the use of many fine characteristics such as the superb shape, position and look, Hadrian fused all of these together to create an absolute masterpiece. However historians can only guess the original function. The most notable opinions, that challenge the idea that the function was to omit a fear factor, are the defence of a frontier from a dangerous enemy in the North, and the taxation and the monitoring of…

and theos for god. It was later burned down in the great fire in the year of 80 A.D and rebuilt again by emperor Domitian. Later, it was struck by lightning and burned again in the year in 110 A.D. in which was later rebuilt in 120 A.D. by Emperor Hadrian. The word pantheon come from a Greek word meaning “honor of all Gods”, in which the pantheon was first built as a temple to all gods that corresponded to each planet. The original pantheon was actually facing south and not north in its current…

However, Antoninus refused to take part and Hadrian died naturally on July 10, 138, which is a day I’m sure many of us remember. Because he was adopted by the late ruler, Antoninus became emperor of Rome and immediately decided what changes needed to be made. First, he established laws to prevent the…

Twenty years ago a terrible accident killed Jerry Craig’s parents. Orphaned, Jerry was adopted by his grandparents in Seattle where he discovered a shocking side-effect of his childhood tragedy: super powers. Able to transform himself into a flying idealized hero made of blue and white lightning, Jerry became Dynamo and had the kind of adventures a kid could only imagine. He befriended the brash teen hero with reality-altering abilities, Kid Impossible, fell in love with Miranda, the Rune Girl,…

to express his ideas and philosophy. Beginning at a very young age, Aurelius was seen as mature leader and his future began to be laid out for him. Marcus had many opportunities to receive great knowledge from Emperor Hadrian and the Equestrians whom he studied with. Emperor Hadrian had an instant liking to Marcus Aurelius, whom at the young age of six, got enrolled in the Equestrians and two years later merged into the ranks of the Salin Order of Priests (Bunsen). As Marcus grew up in high…

Getty’s most prized possessions and inspired him to build this Museum in the style of an ancient Roman villa. The statue, representing the Greek hero Herakles with his lion skin and club, was discovered in 1790 near the villa of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (ruled A.D. 117-138) at Tivoli, Italy, It was purchased in 1792 by an English collector, the Marquess of Lansdowne, to become part of his extensive private collection of ancient sculpture. Greek sculptors sought an ideal for representing the…

Hadrian ruled from 118 AD. to 138 AD. There had been an earlier pantheon built between 27 and 25 B.C. by the Roman general Marcus Agrippa. This pantheon was destroyed by a major fire in 80 AD. The new pantheon that emperor Hadrian had built stood in the same place as the original. This pantheon was dated by the stamps on its bricks and is a total redesign of the…

The overall writing style can be described as journalistic and detail orientated. It gave facts on who the rulers were as persons and what their live achievements were. One example would be how Suetonius writes about what Augustus preferred to eat “he particularly liked coarse bread, small fishes, handmade moist cheese, and green figs of the second crop…”. Also, a good example would the description of what Augustus used to wear at winter “in winter he protected himself with four tunics and heavy…