Hadrian

By morganth16

  • Hadrian was born in Spain.

  • Hadrian became emperor

  • Completion of the Tomb of Hadrian in Rome in 139

    Upon the completion of the Tomb of Hadrian in Rome in 139 by his successor Antoninus Pius, his body was cremated, and his ashes were placed there together with those of his wife Vibia Sabina and his first adopted son, Lucius Aelius, who also died in 138. Antoninus also had him deified in 139 and given a temple on the Campus Martius.

  • He ordered the construction of a wall in northern England to keep out the warlike Caledonians from Scotland. This structure, called Hadrian's Wall, was completed in 128.

  • After putting down a Jewish rebellion in Palestine (132–35) Hadrian built on the ruins of Jerusalem a new city, from which Jews were excluded.

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    fter putting down a Jewish rebellion in Palestine (132–35) Hadrian built on the ruins of Jerusalem a new city, from which Jews were excluded.

  • Hadrian died in 138 on the tenth day of July, in his villa at Baiae at age 62.