Hadrian
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- Title / Office:
- emperor (117-138), Roman Empire consul (108-108), Roman Empire
- Founder:
- Antinoöpolis
- Role In:
- Bar Kokhba Revolt
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What was Hadrian’s relationship with his Jewish subjects?
Hadrian, also spelled Adrian, Latin in full Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, original name (until 117 ce) Publius Aelius Hadrianus, (born January 24, 76 ce—died July 10, 138, Baiae [Baia], near Naples [Italy]), Roman emperor (117–138 ce), the emperor Trajan’s cousin and successor, who was a cultivated admirer of Greek civilization and who unified and consolidated Rome’s vast empire. He was the third of the so-called Five Good Emperors. Hadrian’s Roman forebears left Picenum in Italy for southern Spain about 250 years before his birth. His father was from Italica, Baetica (modern Andalusia), and his mother from Gades (Cádiz). Hadrian’s birthplace ...(100 of 2812 words)