Hadrian Hadrian (in Latin, Publius Aelius Hadrianus) was emperor of Rome from 117-138 AD. He declared and end to the expansion of the empire and drew back to the limits established by Augusts. One of the most cultured of the emperors, he was a patron of virtually all arts. He surrounded himself with poets, philosophers, and scholars. Passionately interested in architect, he erected Rome in such magnificent buildings as the Athenaeum, the Temple of Venus …showed first 75 words of 592 total…

…showed last 75 words of 592 total…hostile troops. The wall stretched from Solway Firth to the mouth of the Tyne River and was about meters (about 20 feet) high and about 2.4 meters (about 8 feet) wide. A military road ran along the south side of the wall, and a series of heavily garrisoned forts and sentry posts were built along its length. The wall also marked the frontier of Roman civil jurisdiction. A few sections remain standing in Great Britain. Bibliography n/a