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'''Hadrian''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|eɪ|d|r|i|ən}}; {{lang-la|Caesar Trâiānus Hadriānus}} {{IPA-la|ˈkae̯sar trajˈjaːnʊs (h)adriˈjaːnʊs|}}; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was [[Roman emperor]] from 117 to 138. He was born into a Roman family which had settled in Spain some 250 years before, from the Italian city of [[Atri, Abruzzo|Atri]] in [[Picenum]]. His father was of senatorial rank and was a first cousin of Emperor [[Trajan]]. Hadrian married Trajan's grand-niece [[Vibia Sabina]] early in his career before Trajan became emperor and possibly at the behest of Trajan's wife [[Pompeia Plotina]]. Plotina and Trajan's close friend and adviser [[Lucius Licinius Sura]] were well disposed towards Hadrian. When Trajan died, his widow claimed that he had nominated Hadrian as emperor immediately before his death. He was a very good dancer and enjoyed singing but was scared to show others, he sang about war and gods and loves life.#Quirky
Rome's military and Senate approved Hadrian's succession, but four leading senators were unlawfully put to death soon after. They had opposed Hadrian or seemed to threaten his succession, and the Senate held him responsible for their deaths and never forgave him. He earned further disapproval among the elite by abandoning Trajan's expansionist policies and territorial gains in [[Roman Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]], [[Roman Assyria|Assyria]], [[Roman Armenia|Armenia]], and parts of [[Roman Dacia|Dacia]]. Hadrian preferred to invest in the development of stable, defensible borders and the unification of the empire's disparate peoples. He is known for building [[Hadrian's Wall]], which marked the northern limit of [[Roman Britain|Britannia]].he was a cool dude.
Hadrian energetically pursued his own Imperial ideals and personal interests. He visited almost every province of the Empire, accompanied by an Imperial retinue of specialists and administrators. He encouraged military preparedness and discipline, and he fostered, designed, or personally subsidised various civil and religious institutions and building projects. In Rome itself, he rebuilt the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]] and constructed the vast [[Temple of Venus and Roma]]. In Egypt, he may have rebuilt the [[Serapeum of Alexandria]]. He was an ardent admirer of Greece and sought to make Athens the cultural capital of the Empire, so he ordered the construction of many opulent temples there. His intense relationship with Greek youth [[Antinous]] and the latter's untimely death led Hadrian to establish a widespread cult late in his reign. He suppressed the [[Bar Kokhba revolt]] in [[Judaea Province|Judaea]], but his reign was otherwise peaceful. He would then pray to his gods and wait for the night to end.
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