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Also known as Publius Aelius Hadrianus Buccellanus, Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Emperor of Rome Adrian, Emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus, Emperor Hadrian, Adrian, Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Emperor of Rome 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.

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Publius Aelius Hadrianus, also known by the official name Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, was a Roman emperor, politician, and military personnel born in Italica on January 24, 76. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty and the son of Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer and Domitia Paulina. Hadrian held positions including tribune of the plebs and eponymous archon, and he was a poet who spoke Latin. He died in Baia on July 10, 138, from natural causes.

Hadrian was married to Vibia Sabina and had an unmarried partner named Antinous. He is associated with the time periods of the Principate, the Five Good Emperors, and Greco-Roman Egypt. A quote attributed to him is "Lascivus versu, mente pudicus eras." He is categorized under Hadrianus in Commons and is referenced by 2,690 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1865
Died
1929
Works
16

Top works

  • Outlines of Roman history from 133 to 27 B.C.
  • The making of the monarchy
  • Latin composition
  • A history of the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius
  • Earthwork of England

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Los Angeles
Active from
1983-08-12
banda sinaloenseregional mexicanotraptrap latino

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

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14,052
Total plays
175,080

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Quotes

  • Lascivus versu, mente pudicus eras.
  • Animula vagula blandula, hospes comesque corporis, quae nunc abibis in loca, pallidula, rigida, nudula, nec ut soles dabis iocos?

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Key facts

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Hadrian
Roman emperor.image
München SMAEK 2019-03-23n.jpg
Roman emperor.alt
Bust of Hadrian
Roman emperor.caption
Bust of Hadrian,
Roman emperor.succession
Roman emperor
Roman emperor.reign
11 August 117 – 10 July 138
Roman emperor.predecessor
Trajan
Roman emperor.successor
Antoninus Pius
Roman emperor.birth_name
Publius Aelius Hadrianus
Roman emperor.birth_date
24 January 76
Roman emperor.birth_place
Italica, Hispania Baetica, Roman Empire (present-day Santiponce, Spain)
Roman emperor.death_date
10 July 138 (aged 62)
Roman emperor.death_place
Baiae, Italia, Roman Empire
Roman emperor.spouse
Vibia Sabina
Roman emperor.issue type
Adoptive children
Roman emperor.regnal name
Imperator Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus Augustus
Roman emperor.dynasty
Nerva–Antonine
Roman emperor.mother
Domitia Paulina Major

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Hadrian, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

39 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Public service
  • Relationship with Trajan and his family
  • Succession
  • Emperor (117)
  • Securing power
  • Travels
  • Britannia and the West (122)
  • Africa, Parthia (123)
  • Anatolia; Antinous (123–124)
  • Greece (124–125)
  • Return to Italy and trip to Africa (126–128)
  • Greece, Asia, and Egypt (128–130); Antinous's death
  • Greece and the East (130–132)
  • Third Roman–Jewish War (132–136)
  • Background, causes
  • Revolt
  • Aftermath; persecutions
  • Hadrian's itinerary
  • Final years
  • Arranging the succession
  • Death
  • Military activities
  • Legal and social reforms
  • Religious activities
  • Antinous
  • Christians
  • Personal and cultural interests
  • Poem by Hadrian
  • Appraisals
  • Portraits
  • Sources and historiography
  • See also
  • Citations
  • References
  • Primary sources
  • Secondary sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

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.

Early in his political career, Hadrian married Vibia Sabina, grandniece of the ruling emperor, Trajan, and his second cousin once removed. The marriage and Hadrian's later succession as emperor were probably promoted by Trajan's wife Pompeia Plotina. Soon after his own succession, Hadrian had four leading senators unlawfully put to death, probably because they seemed to threaten the security of his reign; this earned him the senate's lifelong enmity. He earned further disapproval by abandoning Trajan's expansionist policies and territorial gains in Mesopotamia, Assyria, Armenia, and parts of Dacia. Hadrian preferred to invest in the development of stable, defensible borders and the unification of the Roman empire's disparate peoples and subjects. He was a promoter of philhellenism.

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