Wayofthegods
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Hadrian was not popular everywhere. while traveling in the Middle East he renamed Jerusalem after himself and the king of the Roman gods. Hadrian also banned Jewish traditions and built on sacred sites. Jerusalem's Jewish residents took up arms in the Bar Kokhba Revolt (A.D. 132-136), which resulted in 580000 Jews killed, and over 1,000 towns and Villages destroyed.
Hadrian banished all remaining Jews from the region, which he renamed Syria Palaestina in honor of the traditional enemies of the Jewish people, the Philistines. A public burning of the Torah was ordered and Jewish Scholars were executed.
Under the rule of Hadrian, the classical Greek world was wedded to the Roman World. Hadrian's Love of All Things Greek has led to his youthful nickname Graeculus (Greekling), and his Hellenistic Tendencies would only increase with age.
His admiration of Greek cities, especially Athens, and its architecture, inspired his famous Villa in Tivoli. The emperor visited Greece at least twice and was initiated into the Elusinian Mysteries the most famous of the secret religious Rites of ancient Greece.
His personal life also reflected his Hellenistic learnings when he fell in love with Antinous, a young Greek man he met in Bithynium-Claudiopolis (in modern day Turkey). Homeosexuality was not uncommon in ancient Rome, and Hardian commemorated their epic affair by dedicating several sites in Greece to his young lover.
When Antinous drowned in the Nile River in A.D 130, a grieving Hadrian founded the city of Antinoopolis in his memory. The emperor also declared his a God, which led to the growth of the Mysterious cult of Antinous.
The citizens of Athens mutually revered Hardian, building the arch of Hardian in his honor. They included his name on the arches inscriptions alongside that of theseus (the city's traditional founder) in recognition of the Roma emperors contributions to Athenian architecture, such as the Temple of Zeus.
Hail Emperor Hadrian!!
Hadrian banished all remaining Jews from the region, which he renamed Syria Palaestina in honor of the traditional enemies of the Jewish people, the Philistines. A public burning of the Torah was ordered and Jewish Scholars were executed.
Under the rule of Hadrian, the classical Greek world was wedded to the Roman World. Hadrian's Love of All Things Greek has led to his youthful nickname Graeculus (Greekling), and his Hellenistic Tendencies would only increase with age.
His admiration of Greek cities, especially Athens, and its architecture, inspired his famous Villa in Tivoli. The emperor visited Greece at least twice and was initiated into the Elusinian Mysteries the most famous of the secret religious Rites of ancient Greece.
His personal life also reflected his Hellenistic learnings when he fell in love with Antinous, a young Greek man he met in Bithynium-Claudiopolis (in modern day Turkey). Homeosexuality was not uncommon in ancient Rome, and Hardian commemorated their epic affair by dedicating several sites in Greece to his young lover.
When Antinous drowned in the Nile River in A.D 130, a grieving Hadrian founded the city of Antinoopolis in his memory. The emperor also declared his a God, which led to the growth of the Mysterious cult of Antinous.
The citizens of Athens mutually revered Hardian, building the arch of Hardian in his honor. They included his name on the arches inscriptions alongside that of theseus (the city's traditional founder) in recognition of the Roma emperors contributions to Athenian architecture, such as the Temple of Zeus.
Hail Emperor Hadrian!!