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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.
The Portrait bust of Hadrian (Greek: Πορτραίτο του Αδριανού) is the surviving upper part of a colossal statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian (r. 117–138), now kept in the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus in Greece. It is the only colossal statue of the emperor in Greece today.
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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 ...
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 ...
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]
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