76-138 A.D.

Hadrian, who came to power in 117 A.D. after the death of Trajan, was one of the greatest of the Roman emperors, the third in the line of the "Adoptive Emperors". He was a successful general, under whom the Roman Empire reached its greatest extent. He was also an adventurer who loved travel and a talented architect who designed the Pantheon in Rome and his own villa outside Rome.

 

Ancient Source: Aelius Spartianus' Life of Hadrian

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February 2002