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Restoration drawing of the SE side of the Arch (Stuart and Revett). Hadrian's Arch in Athens, with the Acropolis seen in the background. 3/4 view Details of the lower level. The central projecting pediment of the upper level. The entire monument is made of Pentelic marble, from Mt. Pentelikon, 18.2 km northeast of the arch.
Head of Antinous found at Hadrian's Villa, dating from 130–138 AD, now at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, Italy. Antinous was born to a Greek family near the city of Claudiopolis, [9] [6] which was located in the Roman province of Bithynia, [10] in what is now north-west Turkey.
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Antinous was the Greek lover to the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century CE. [5] Often referenced to as Hadrian's favorite, [2] [4] or more affectionately Hadrian's boyfriend, [5] Antinous was born a slave in Bithynium 110 CE and is speculated to have drowned in the river Nile before his twentieth birthday in 130 CE. [6]
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Hadrian's Arch in central Athens, Greece. [3] Hadrian's admiration for Greece materialised in such projects ordered during his reign. Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born on 24 January 76, in Italica (modern Santiponce, near Seville), a Roman town founded by Italic settlers in the province of Hispania Baetica during the Second Punic War at the initiative of Scipio Africanus; Hadrian's branch of ...
The bust of Antinous in the White Hall of the Great Gatchina Palace is an ancient Roman marble sculptural portrait of Antinous, the favorite and beloved of the Roman emperor Hadrian. The bust was created after the tragic death of the young man in 130 as one of many similar portraits as part of his posthumous cult. he sculpture was found by ...
A view of Hadrian's Wall showing its length and height. The upright stones on top of it are modern, to deter people from walking on it. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Hadriani, also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Aelium in Latin) is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. [1]