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The Arch of Hadrian (Greek: Αψίδα του Αδριανού, romanized: Apsida tou Adrianou), most commonly known in Greek as Hadrian's Gate (Greek: Πύλη του Αδριανού, romanized: Pyli tou Adrianou), is a monumental gateway resembling—in some respects—a Roman triumphal arch.
Arch of Hadrian. The Arch of Hadrian is an ancient Roman structure in Jerash, Jordan. It is an 11-metre high triple-arched gateway erected to honor the visit of Roman Emperor Hadrian to the city (then called Gerasa) in the winter of 129–130. [1] The arch originally stood to almost 22 m and probably had wooden doors. [1]
Hadrian's Gate (Turkish: Üçkapılar, meaning "The Three Gates") is a memorial gate located in Antalya, Turkey, which was built in the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who visited the city in 130 CE. [1] It was later incorporated in the walls that surround the city and harbor, of which it is the only remaining entrance gate today. [2]
The Arch of Hadrian may refer to: Arch of Hadrian (Athens) in Greece; Arch of Hadrian (Capua) in Italy; Arch of Hadrian (Jerash) in Jordan. This page was last edited ...
Arch of Mark Antony 113 AD Aquino: Italy: Aquinum Arch of Trajan: 114–117 AD Benevento: Italy: Maleventum, Beneventum Arch of Trajan: c. 109 AD Canosa di Puglia: Italy: Canusium Arch of Hadrian: c. 1st or 2nd centuries AD Capua: Italy: Capuae Arch of Augustus: 9 AD Fano: Italy: Fanum Fortunae Arch of Tiberius 18–19 AD Pompei: Italy: Pompeii
Hadrian’s Wall in modern-day England marked one of the northern borders of the Roman Empire. But excavations along the wall are bringing to light a hidden history of the army and the Roman ...
In M. J. Trow's fictional Britannia series, Hadrian's Wall is the central location, and Coel Hen and Padarn Beisrudd are portrayed as limitanei (frontier soldiers). [60] Hadrian's Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy is a short history of the wall. [61]
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 ...