Hadrian

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Hadrian was a 2nd-century Roman emperor best known for consolidating and fortifying the empire’s frontiers, including commissioning Hadrian’s Wall in Britain, and for his extensive building projects and patronage of Greek culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 2nd-century Roman emperor
Roman emperor
human
adoptedBy Trajan
birthDate 0076-01-24
birthPlace Hispania Baetica
linked to: Andalusia

Italica
Roman Empire
burialPlace Mausoleum of Hadrian
linked to: Hadrian's Mausoleum

Rome
conflict Bar Kokhba revolt
linked to: Jewish–Roman wars
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
deathDate 0138-07-10
deathPlace Baiae
Campania
Italy
dynasty Nerva–Antonine dynasty
era High Roman Empire
familyName Aelius Hadrianus
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father Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer
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fullName Publius Aelius Hadrianus
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givenName Publius
implementedPolicy abandonment of Trajan's eastern conquests
consolidation of imperial frontiers
knownFor consolidation of Roman frontiers
extensive building projects
fortification of the Roman Empire's borders
patronage of Greek culture
travels throughout the Roman Empire
languageSpoken Greek
Latin
memberOf Nerva–Antonine dynasty
militaryRank imperator
mother Domitia Paulina
notableWork Hadrian's Arch (Athens)
Hadrian's Wall
Pantheon (Rome)
linked to: Pantheon

Temple of Venus and Roma
Villa Adriana (Hadrian's Villa)
patronage Athenian cultural institutions
Greek cities
positionHeld Roman emperor
consul of the Roman Republic
predecessor Trajan
regnalName Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
linked to: Hadrian
reignEnd 0138-07-10
reignStart 0117-08-11
religion Roman polytheism
residence Rome
Tivoli
spouse Vibia Sabina
successor Antoninus Pius

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Roman Empire notableEmperor Hadrian
Hadrian's Wall namedAfter Hadrian
Hadrian's Wall namedAfter Roman emperor Hadrian
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Hadrian's Wall builtDuringReignOf Emperor Hadrian
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Pantheon rebuiltUnder Emperor Hadrian
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Roman Antiquity notableRuler Hadrian
Trajan successor Hadrian
Hadrian familyName Aelius Hadrianus
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Hadrian fullName Publius Aelius Hadrianus
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Hadrian regnalName Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
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Hadrian father Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer
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Edirne namedAfter Roman emperor Hadrian
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Castel Sant'Angelo builtFor Emperor Hadrian
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Hadrianic baths namedAfter Hadrian
Hadrianic baths builtDuringReignOf Emperor Hadrian
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Simon bar Kokhba opposedPolicyOf Roman Emperor Hadrian
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Aalen Roman fort builtUnder Emperor Hadrian
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Faustina the Younger child Hadrianus
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Ponte Sant'Angelo namedAfter Emperor Hadrian
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Ponte Sant'Angelo builder Emperor Hadrian
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Suetonius servedUnder Emperor Hadrian
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Temple of Olympian Zeus completedUnder Roman Emperor Hadrian
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Pompeia Plotina supported Hadrian
Italica birthplaceOf Hadrian
Pope Hadrian I givenName Hadrian
Hadrian's Mausoleum commissionedBy Emperor Hadrian
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Hadrian's Mausoleum namedAfter Emperor Hadrian
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Antoninus Pius predecessor Hadrian
Vibia Sabina spouse Hadrian
Hadrian's Arch (Athens) associatedWith Roman emperor Hadrian
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