Hadrian
Bust of Hadrian from Adana. Arkeoloji Müzesi, Istanbul
Names:
- 24 January 76: Publius Aelius Hadrianus
- 11 August 117: Imperator Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus Augustus
- 10 July 138: natural death
Successor of: Trajan
Relatives:
- father: Publius Aelius Hadrianus
- mother: Domitia Paulina
- married to: Vibia Sabina, daughter of Matidia
An inscription with Hadrian's Greek titles (Rijksmuseum van
oudheden, Leiden)
Early career:
- 76 Born in Italica
- Xvir stlitibus iudicandis
- Prefect of the Latin festival
- c.96 Military tribune in II Adiutrix
- 96-97 Military tribune in V Macedonica
- 97-98 Military tribune in XXII Primigenia
- c.100: Marriage to Sabina
- 101 Quaestor; takes part in Trajan's Dacian war
- 102 Tribune
- 105 Praetor
- 105-106 Commander of I Minervia
- 106-108 Propraetor of Pannonia Inferior
- 108 Consul
- 115 Takes part in Trajan's Parthian campaign
- 117 Proconsul of Syria; stay in Antioch
Main deeds:
- 117 Trajan dies without son or successor; his wife Plotina enabled Hadrian's accession
- 118 Consul II (with Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator); arrives in Rome
- 119 Consul III (with Publius Dasumius Rufus)
- 121 Inauguration of the temple of Venus and Rome; visit of Gaul and the Rhine
- 122 In Britain; Moorish revolt; moves to Spain
- 123 In Spain; moves to the east
- c.124: Fall of Septicus Clarus (praetorian prefect) and Suetonius
- 124 Stay in Ephesus and Athens, initiated in the Mysteries of Eleusis
- 125 Returns to Rome
- 127 Italian tour
- 128 Visits Sicily and Africa (Lambaesis Inscription); moves to Athens; receives the title Olympius
- 129 Visits Ephesus, Apamea, Antioch
- 130 Visits Palmyra, refounds Jerusalem (Aelia Capitolina), visits Alexandria; death of Antinous; founds Antinoopolis; returns to Alexandria
- 131 Return to Athens; receives the title Panhellenius and Panionius
- 132 Arrives in Rome; insurrection of Bar Kochba
- 134 Alans invade the Parthian Empire
- 135/136 Hadrian takes Bethar
- 136 Last fights in Galilee; Hadrian adopts Lucius Aelius as caesar
- 137 Lucius Aelius consul II; vicennalia; death of Sabina
- 138 Death of Lucius Aelius; adopts Antoninus Pius
- 138 Death in Baiae
Buildings:
- Athens: many buildings
- Britain: Hadrian's wall
- Jerusalem
- Lepcis Magna: Baths
- Rome: Pantheon; Bridge of Aelius; repairs to the Baths of Agrippa; Mausoleum; Trajan's column; temple of Venus and Roma
- Tivoli: Villa
Contemporary events:
- 125 Juvenal's Satires
- 135 Epictetus, Encheiridion;
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