Hadrian

Roman northern fortifier

Hadrian was a Roman emperor who ruled from 117 to 138 CE, known for consolidating the empire's borders rather than expanding them.

He is remembered for Hadrian's Wall, the defensive fortification spanning northern Britain that marked the empire's frontier.

The name appears occasionally as a given name, related to Adrian.

architecture

Pantheon

Roman temple for all gods

  • domeRounded vault forming roof
  • oculusRound architectural opening
  • TivoliItalian hilltown, Danish park

Canopus · Serapeum · columns · arches · vault · marble · mosaic · mausoleum · Athens · portico

emperor

Trajan

Second-century Roman emperor

imperial · adoptive · dynasty · purple · diadem · denarius · praetorian · proconsul · villa · Tivoli

military

legion

Great number, or soldiers

limes · fortification · discipline · inspection · training · Judaea · Dacia · withdrawal · strategy · borders

Antinous

beloved

One who is treasured

cult · beauty · youth · sculptures · grief · devotion · memorials · idealization · busts · portraits

philhellene

Greece

Balkan peninsula nation

beard · philosophy · Ephesus · Smyrna · poetry · aesthetics · education · patronage · Athenian · classical

wall

Britannia

Personified island nation

turret · garrison · Picts · limes · boundary · stone · ditch · Carlisle · Newcastle · patrol

Categories
Opposites
imperial strategy

HadrianTrajan

Second-century Roman emperor

Alexander the Great · Julius Caesar · Genghis Khan · Napoleon · Augustus

cultural orientation

HadrianMarius

Sulla's great rival

anti-intellectual · philistine · nativist

imperial presence

HadrianTiberius

Second Roman emperor

delegator

Phrases
Family

Hadrian's Wall

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