Hadrian

Hadrian ( ; born Publius Aelius Hadrianus, 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, in the present-day Andalusian province of Seville in southern Spain, an Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his gens Aelia came from the town of Hadria in eastern Italy. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

ancient Roman temple in Rome, Italy

castle and museum in Rome, formerly the imperial mausoleum of the emperor Hadrian and subsequent Roman emperors

archaeological complex in Tivoli, Italy

Antinous, also called Antinoös, (; ; – ) was a Greek youth from Bithynia, a favourite and lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Following his premature death before his 20th birthday, Antinous was deified on Hadrian's orders, being worshipped in both the Greek East and Latin West, sometimes as a god () and sometimes merely as a hero ().

ancient Greek temple in Athens

bridge in Rome

Roman Empress, wife of Emperor Hadrian

Roman Empress as the wife of Emperor Trajan

Located on the Velian Hill, between the eastern edge of the Forum Romanum and the Colosseum, in Rome, it was dedicated to the goddesses Venus Felix ("Venus the Bringer of Good Fortune") and Roma Aeterna ("Eternal Rome")

Roman library in Athens

building in Rome, Italy

Roman arch in Athens

sculpture

former constellation

triumphal arch in Antalya

Roman basilica in honour of Neptune

triumphal arch in Jerash, Jordan

archaeological site in Rome, Italy

ancient Roman road established by the emperor Hadrian, which stretched from Antinoöpolis on the River Nile to the Red Sea at Berenice Troglodytica (Berenike)

ancient Roman city in Epirus

church

ancient city of Paphlagonia in modern-day Turkey

poem

thumb|The remains of Roman and Byzantine fortifications next to the Macedonian tower.

The Panhellenion () or Panhellenium was a league of Greek city-states established in the year 131–132 AD by the Roman Emperor Hadrian while he was touring the Roman provinces of Greece. The League was established following a ceremony at the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, the capital city of the Panhellenion. Evidence suggests that the Panhellenion continued to survive until the 250s AD.

Adrianis (also Hadrianis, ) was a tribe () added by the ancient Athenians to the previous list of 12 tribes in 126−127 AD. The tribe was named after the Roman emperor Hadrian. Hadrian first visited Athens in the fall of 125 AD, with the Athenians considering him as their savior. The emperor liked the city and stayed until spring, with his largesse helping to build some of the most interesting buildings of Athens, including the Temple of Olympian Zeus. Athens truly worshipped Hadrian.

2nd century Christian text