16 events with tag "Hadrian"
117
ID: 4015
Death of Trajan - dies of stroke in Cilicia, wife Plotina announces Hadrian as successor
ID: 4015
117
ID: 4016
Hadrian becomes emperor - Trajan's cousin, abandons conquests, focuses on consolidation
ID: 4016
118
ID: 4160
St. Eustace (Placidus) martyred with family - Roman general, converted after seeing crucifix between stag's antlers, roasted in bronze bull
ID: 4160
122
ID: 2528
Hadrian's Wall construction begins - 73-mile wall from Wallsend to Bowness, marks permanent northern frontier of Roman Britain
ID: 2528
122
ID: 4017
Hadrian's Wall begun - visits Britain, orders 73-mile wall across northern England
ID: 4017
125
ID: 4111
St. Sixtus I martyred - seventh pope, buried near St. Peter in Vatican, died during Hadrian's reign
ID: 4111
125
ID: 5913
Hadrian receives prophecy - asks about his future, told he'll reach greatest power, oracle at height of 2nd century revival
ID: 5913
130
ID: 4018
Death of Antinous - Hadrian's beloved drowns in Nile, emperor deifies him, founds city
ID: 4018
132
ID: 4019
Bar Kokhba revolt begins - Hadrian's plan to rebuild Jerusalem as pagan city triggers massive Jewish revolt
ID: 4019
135
ID: 4134
Bar Kokhba revolt crushed - Jerusalem renamed Aelia Capitolina, Jews banned from city, Judea renamed Syria Palaestina
ID: 4134
135
ID: 5802
Romans rename Judea to Syria Palaestina - after Bar Kokhba revolt, name derived from ancient Philistines to erase Jewish connection
ID: 5802
137
ID: 4112
St. Telesphorus martyred - eighth pope, only 2nd-century pope whose martyrdom is historically certain, died under Hadrian
ID: 4112
138
ID: 4020
Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius - on condition Antoninus adopts Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
ID: 4020
138
ID: 4021
Death of Hadrian - dies hated by Senate, Antoninus barely achieves his deification
ID: 4021
140
ID: 4159
St. Achatius martyred with 10,000 soldiers - Roman centurion, entire legion converted and martyred on Mount Ararat
ID: 4159
164
ID: 2530
Antonine Wall abandoned - Romans retreat to Hadrian's Wall as permanent frontier, Scotland never conquered
ID: 2530