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    BornPublius Aelius Hadrianus · 24 January 76 · Italica, Hispania Baetica, Roman Empire (present-day Santiponce, Spain)
    Died10 July 138 (aged 62) · Baiae, Italia, Roman Empire
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    • Hadrian was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, an Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Aelia gens, the Aeli Hadriani, 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 … See more

    Hadrian: The Wall Builder of Rome
    Hadrian: The Wall Builder of Rome
    Hadrian was one of the most influential and admired emperors of ancient Rome. He ruled from 117 to 138 and was known for his cultural achievements and his ambitious building projects.
    Early life

    Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born on 24 January 76, in Italica (modern Santiponce, near Seville), a Roman town founded by Italic settlers in the province of Hispania Baetica during the Second Punic War at the initiative of … See more

    Public service

    Hadrian's first official post in Rome was as a member of the decemviri stlitibus judicandis, one among many vigintivirate offices at the lowest level of the cursus honorum ("course of honours") that could lead to high… See more

    Emperor (117)

    According to the Historia Augusta, Hadrian informed the Senate of his accession in a letter as a fait accompli, explaining that "the unseemly haste of the troops in acclaiming him emperor was due to the belief that the state could … See more

    Travels

    Hadrian was to spend more than half his reign outside Italy. Whereas previous emperors had, for the most part, relied on the reports of their imperial representatives around the Empire, Hadrian wished to see things for hi… See more

    Final years

    Hadrian spent the final years of his life in Rome. In 134, he took an imperial salutation for the end of the Third Jewish War (which was not actually concluded until the following year). Commemorations and achieveme… See more

    Military activities

    Most of Hadrian's military activities were consistent with his ideology of empire as a community of mutual interest and support. He focused on protection from external and internal threats; on "raising" existing provinces r… See more

    Legal and social reforms

    Hadrian enacted, through the jurist Salvius Julianus, the first attempt to codify Roman law. This was the Perpetual Edict, according to which the legal actions of praetors became fixed statutes and, as such, could no longer b… See more

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