HIST 1061 Lecture 34: Hadrian
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Traja(cid:374)"s su(cid:272)(cid:272)essor is a pa(cid:374)ish ge(cid:374)eral (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed hadria(cid:374). Hadria(cid:374) is also a (cid:373)ilitar(cid:455) (cid:373)aster(cid:373)i(cid:374)d like trajan. Hadrian was a hellenophile and loved other cultures especially greek. Hadrian was the first emperor to dawn a beard. No roman emperor had done this before because facial hair (cid:449)as (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered (cid:271)ar(cid:271)ari(cid:272), so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g the (cid:862)other(cid:863) did. I(cid:374) the greek (cid:272)ulture, (cid:271)eards (cid:449)ere sig(cid:374)s of wisdom and respect. It is also well known hadrian did not take criticism very well. Apollodorus (cid:449)as hadria(cid:374)"s (cid:373)ilitar(cid:455) ad(cid:448)isor a(cid:374)d desig(cid:374)ated (cid:373)ost of hadria(cid:374)"s ar(cid:272)hite(cid:272)tural (cid:448)e(cid:374)tures. Hadria(cid:374) ordered the e(cid:454)e(cid:272)utio(cid:374) of apollodorus (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he said hadria(cid:374)"s art looked like a pu(cid:373)pki(cid:374). Hadria(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)pletel(cid:455) refor(cid:373)s the military, the biggest reforms since marius. Hadrian loved to travel but usually not for military reasons. Homosexuality occurred often in the acient world and rome was no exception. In rome, it was more low-key, it was something that occurred but not something that was necessarily publicized like in greece.
