Hadrian’s Wall in Britain “and a host of other monuments, attest to his taste, activity, and power,” French romantic writer Chateaubriand noted in 1803 on a visit to the emperor’s villa at ...

This area is less than a mile from Baiae, the ancient Roman town where aristocrats and emperors used to vacation ... can be seen at structures like Hadrian’s Villa and Herod’s winter palace ...

his "games," his famous villa, his journeys, his eremenos Antinous, and so on. The last chapter looks at Hadrian’s final years and evaluate him as both man and emperor. Morwood writes well, seasoning ...

Hadrian’s Wall in northern England was built to mark the boundaries of the Roman Empire and to keep the Scots out. Constructed after the visit of Emperor Hadrian in 122 AD by the Roman army ...

Emperor Hadrian from the second century AD spent his ... This emperor created a villa of over two dozen buildings from libraries to temples and frequently hosted friends and maintenance staffers.