Hadrian Flashcards
Who did he marry?
What relation was she?
Married Sabina Augusta, Trajans great niece
Lambaesis?
Wanted to improve military discipline and training
Tivoli, his Roman palace demonstrates what?
In his use of architecture, shows how integrated and united the empire was
What did he try to get the Jews to do?
Tried to Hellenize the Jews and banned circumcision.
Who drowned in the Nile?
What did Hadrian do to commemorate his life?
His lover Antinous
Built Antinoopolis and deified Antinous
When did he die?
10th July 138CE
Succession planning?
Planned, forced a couple of suicides. Adopted a man but he died so instead chose Pius.
Where’s he buried
Castel Sant Angelo in Rome
Primary sources for Hadrian
Dio Cassius, a Greek, and Roman Senator wrote about him but would himself have been reliant on earlier sources.
Hadrianic monuments in Rome?
The Pantheon
Which also inspired the Temple of Zeus Asklepios in Pergamum.
Demonstrates the portability and imitation that went on throughout the empire.
Brick faced concrete was used where?
Shops and houses at the port in Ostia
What buildings are in the forum or campus martius in Rome
Most monuments are temples
Hadrian restored and rebuilt the
Temple of Mars Ultor
The Pantheon
Also designed and built the Temple of Venus and Rome
and his own mausoleum.
What do you know about The Pantheon
It inspired the building of the Temple of Zeus Asklepios in Pergamum
Survived because turned into a church
Structure lacks architectural cohesion
Inscription says Agrippa built me but brick stamps date from Trajan and Hadrian
Pantheon means ‘all the gods’ in Greek
Has a pediment on the portico, an unsupported domed roof and an oculus. Not found in other Roman buildings.
Where did the materials for the Pantheon come from?
Aswan
Turkey
Tunisia
Egypt (none but Emperors allowed to use Egyptian granite)
Mons Claudianus (the southernmost frontier)
There was a direct line of sight from The Pantheon to ….
Augustus’ Mausoleum
And Hadrian built his Mausoleum in the vicinity of both buildings.
