Hadrian

Hadrian's Wall was built following a visit by Roman emperor Hadrian. Hadrian was experiencing military difficulties not just in Britain, but from the peoples of various conquered lands across the Empire, including Egypt, Judea, Libya, Mauretania, and many of the peoples conquered by his predecessor Trajan, so was keen to impose order. However the construction of such an impressive wall was probably also built as a symbol of Roman po ...

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Much of Hadrian's reign was spent traveling. Even prior to becoming Emperor, he had travelled abroad with the Roman military, giving him much experience in the matter. More than half his reign was spent outside of Italy. Other emperors often left Rome to simply go to war, returning soon after conflicts concluded. A previous Emperor, Nero, once traveled through Greece and was condemned for his self indulgence. Hadrian, by contrast, traveled as a fundamental part of his governing, and made this clear to the Roman senate and the people. He was ...

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Carnuntum (Kapvoiis in Ptolemy) was an important Roman fortress, originally belonging to Noricum, but after the 1st century A.D. to Pannonia. It was a Celtic town, the name, which is nearly always found with K on monuments, being derived from Kar, Karn ("rock," "cairn"). Its extensive ruins may still be seen near Hainburg, between Deutsch-Altenburg and Petronell, in Lower Austria. Its name first occurs in history during the reign of Augustus (A.D. 6), when Tiberius made it his base of operations in the campaigns against ...

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Antinous or Antinoos (Greek: Αντινοος, born circa 110 or 111 CE, died 130 CE), lover of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, was born to a Greek family in Bithynion-Claudiopolis, in the province of Bithynia in what is now north-west Turkey. It's thought he joined the entourage of the Emperor when Hadrian passed through Bithynia in about 124. He was always at his side during Hadrian's extensive journeys in Africa and Asia from 128. Hadrian was a great admirer of Greek culture and so he did what many famous Greeks had done before: ...

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The history of Athens is the longest of any city in Europe: Athens has been continuously inhabited for at least 3,000 years. It was the birthplace of democracy and it became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC. Its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of western civilisation. During the Middle Ages, Athens experienced decline and then a recovery under the Byzantine Empire. Athens was relatively prosperous during the Crusades, benefiting from Italian trade. After a long period o ...

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Al Minya (Arabic: محافظة المنيا ) is one of the governorates of Upper Egypt. The name originates from a tribesmen's (possibly Jordanians) old-fashioned Arabic dialect meaning of destiny/-nation. And it's dubbed by the locals as عروس الصعيد or the "Bride of Upper-Egypt". To represent its vitality for linking north of the nation with upper Egypt (southern part), also to race with Alexandria; being nicknamed the "Bride of the Mediterranean Sea" — or عروس البحر المتوسط. The name ...

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Aelia Capitolina (Latin in full: Colonia Aelia Capitolina) was a city built by the emperor Hadrian in the year 131, and occupied by a Roman colony, on the site of Jerusalem, which was in ruins when he visited his dominion known as Syria Palæstina. "Aelia" came from Hadrian's nomen gentile, Aelius, while "Capitolina" meant that the new city was dedicated to Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom a temple was built on the site of the Jewish temple. The establishment of Aelia Capitolina resulted in ...

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Zenobius was a Greek sophist, who taught rhetoric at Rome during the reign of Hadrian (AD 117-138). He was the author of a collection of proverbs in three books, still extant in an abridged form, compiled, according to the Suda, from Didymus of Alexandria and "The Tarrhaean" (Lucillus of Tarrha in Crete). Zenobius is also said to have been the author of a Greek translatio ...

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Edirne is a city in Thrace, the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. It has a population of 119,298 (2000 census). The city was known in English until after the First World War as Adrianople (see below, and also List of traditional Greek place names). The city was founded eponymously by the Roman Emperor Hadrian on the site of a previous Thracian settlement known as Uskadama, Uskudama or Uskodama. Conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1362, the city served as the Ottoman capital from 1365 until 1453. Edirne is the capital of Edirne Province and ...

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Aegyptus was, in ancient geography, a province of the Roman Empire, encompassing most of modern-day Egypt except for the Sinai Peninsula. Both the provinces of Cyrenaica to the west and Arabia to the east bordered Aegyptus. The area originally came under Roman rule in 30BC, and served as a major producer of grain for the empire. Aegyptus Province - Roman conquest of Egypt. In 30 BC, following the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire as the imperial province of Aegyptus, g ...

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In Greek mythology, Antinous, son of Eupeithes, was one of the suitors of Penelope during her husband Odysseus' absence at the Trojan war. He was killed by Odysseus on the latter's return. His story is related in Homer's Odyssey. See also. Eupeithes Antinous, lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Antinoos was one of the meanest suitors, one of the most disliked, and the one that was blamed for the suitors having presided at the home of Odysseus. Antinoos is killed by Odyss ...

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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 BC) was a Roman statesman and general. He was close friend, son-in-law and minister to Octavian, the future emperor Caesar Augustus. He was responsible for most of Octavian’s military triumphs, most notably winning the naval Battle of Actium against the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa - Early Life. Agrippa was of humble birth, being born in the countryside outside of Rome. He was of the same age as Octavian and the two were close childhood f ...

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Appian (c.95-c.165, Gr. Αππιανος), of Alexandria was a Roman historian who flourished during the reigns of Trajan, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. He was born ca. AD 95 in Alexandria. He tells us that, after having filled the chief offices in the province of Egypt, he repaired to Rome ca. 120, where he practised as an advocate, pleading cases before the emperors. In 147 at the earliest he was appointed to the office of procurator, probably in Egypt, on the recommendation of his friend Marcus Cornelius Fronto. The position of procurator was ...

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The Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) is a private university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. Its main campus is located in Loyola Heights, in Quezon City, Metro Manila. It offers programs at the elementary, secondary, college, graduate, and post-graduate levels in various fields such as the arts, humanities, business, law, social sciences, theology, and the pure and applied sciences. Aside from teaching, the Ateneo de M ...

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Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos river, in the region of Karlsruhe. Baden-Baden - History. The springs of Baden-Baden were known to the Romans, and the foundation of the town is referred to the emperor Hadrian by an inscription of somewhat doubtful authenticity. The name of Aurelia Aquensis was given to it in honour of Aurelius Severus, in whose reign it would seem to have been well known. Fragme ...

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Baiae (Italian: Baia), in the Campania region of Italy on the Bay of Naples, today a frazione of the comune of Bacoli, was for several hundred years a fashionable and luxurious coastal resort, especially towards the end of the period of the Roman Republic. Baiae was even more popular than Pompeii, Naples, and Capri with the super-rich, notorious for the hedonistic temptations on offe ...

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Simon bar Kokhba (also commonly transliterated Kochba) was a Jewish military leader who led Bar Kokhba's revolt against the Romans in 132 CE, establishing an independent state of Israel which he ruled for three years as Nasi ("prince," or "president"). His state was conquered by the Romans in 135 CE following a two-year war. Originally named Simon Bar Koziba, he was given the name Bar Kokhba (Aramaic for "Son of a Star", referring to Numbers 24:17, "A star has shot off Jacob") by his contemporary, the Jewish sage Rabbi A ...

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Lucius Flavius Arrianus Xenophon (c. 92-c. 175), known in English as Arrian, was a Greek historian and philosopher of the Roman period. As with other authors of the Second Sophistic Arrian wrote primarily in Attic. His works preserve the philosophy of Epictetus, and include an important account of Alexander the Great, the Anabasis of Alexander. Arrian - Arrian's Life. Arrian was born in Nicomedia (now Izmit), the capital of the Roman province of Bithynia, in what is now north-western Turkey. H ...

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Architectural history studies the evolution and history of architecture across the world through a consideration of various influences- artistic, cultural, political, economic and technological. In general, the question is one of relating meaning (intangible functions, purposes, symbols) with the built environment (material tables, windows, roofs, paths) through the necessities of life (food, work, communion etc.) within the historical context. Architectural history, like any other form of historical knowledge, is subject to the limit ...

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