Hadrian Summary

Hadrian 76-138 Roman Emperor During his more than 20 years as emperor, Hadrian traveled throughout Rome's vast empire, ensuring the well being of its citizens, building its defenses, and overse... Read more

The Roman emperor Hadrian (76-138), or Publius Aelius Hadrianus, reversed the expansionist policies of Rome in a permanent shift to the defensive.Hadrian was born in Rome on Jan. 24, 76. A ward of his... Read more

In the following excerpt, Henderson examines Hadrian's leisure activities and evaluates his contribution to literature. 1. Relaxation So the day drew towards evening. Hadrian had returned... Read more

In the following essay, Hadas surveys Latin literature during the reign of Hadrian. Hadrian was the first of the Roman emperors to wear a beard, and the neatly trimmed archaism is a sign manifest o... Read more

In the following excerpt, Williams examines edicts and letters of Hadrian as documentary evidence that sheds light on the emperor's personal traits. 1. Internal Evidence and the Authorship of... Read more

In the following essay, Griffiths sets forth the argument that Hadrian may have been influenced by the Egyptian concept of the ba, a bird with a human head, when he describes the soul in his most cele... Read more

Hadrian was born in Italica on the fifth day before the Kalends of February in the seventh consulship of Vepasian and the fifth of Titus. Once we consider the different calendars Hadrian's birth oc... Read more