When in Rome… visiting the House of Augustus on the Palatine Hill
Last year Rome celebrated the 2000th anniversary of Emperor Augustus’ death. To commemorate the date, a series of special events and openings were launched in the Italian capital, including the opening...
View ArticleWhen in Rome… a visit to the Centrale Montemartini
During a recent trip to Rome, I paid a long overdue visit to the Centrale Montemartini, an annexe of the Capitoline Museums located on the Via Ostiense just beyond Porta San Paolo. Centrale...
View ArticleFelix dies natalis, Roma!
Today (21st April) is the traditional date given for the founding of Rome. According to Roman mythology, the founders were Romulus and Remus, twin brothers and supposed sons of the god Mars and the...
View ArticleThe Hadrianic Tondi on the Arch of Constantine
The Arch of Constantine, dedicated on 25 July 315 AD, stands in Rome between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill, at what was once the beginning of the Via Triumphalis. As described on its attic...
View ArticleLate September AD 117 – Hadrian receives the Senate’s response to his letter...
After the death of Trajan on 8th August 117, Hadrian drafted from Syria a 'carefully worded' letter to the Senate in Rome in which he reported his accession and requested divine honours for his...
View ArticleMy 2017 travel round-up
2017 was a very special year for me as the year marked the 1900th anniversary of the accession of Hadrian to the imperial throne and the start of my Hadrian 1900 project. I travelled to 9 countries,...
View ArticleThe Acts of the Arval Brethren of 118 AD (#Hadrian1900)
In 2014, Rome celebrated the bimillenary of the death of Emperor Augustus who took his last breath aged 75 in his villa in the town of Nola in AD 14. To commemorate this important milestone, the...
View ArticleJanuary AD 119 – Hadrian inaugurates the new year in Rome (#Hadrian1900)
One thousand nine hundred years ago, Hadrian celebrated the new year (year 872 Ab urbe condita) in Rome as consul for the third time (COS III) and appointed Publius Dasumius Rusticus as ordinary...
View Article24 January AD 119 – Hadrian celebrates his 43rd birthday in Rome with...
One thousand nine hundred years ago, Hadrian celebrated his 43rd birthday in Rome, the first he spent in the capital as emperor. To mark the occasion, the emperor put on a gladiatorial show which...
View ArticleGuest post: How Hadrian helped rebuild the Pantheon
Learn about how Hadrian created the Pantheon as we know it today from the ruins of previous temples built by Marcus Agrippa and Domitian. A guest post by Context Travel Tours. Hadrian - the great...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Roma!
Today (April 21) is the traditional date given for the founding of Rome. According to Roman mythology, the founders were Romulus and Remus, twin brothers and sons of the god Mars and Rhea Silvia. The...
View Article21 April AD 121 – Hadrian celebrates Rome’s 874th birthday with circus games...
Every year, the Romans celebrated the birthday of their city on the 21st of April, the day on which, according to early traditions, Romulus founded Rome by tracing the pomerium, the sacred urban...
View Article26 April AD 121- Future Philosopher-Emperor Marcus Aurelius is born...
Happy 1900th birthday, Marcus Aurelius! 🎉 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born on 26 April 121 in Rome during the reign of Hadrian to an aristocratic family of Italo-Hispanic origin, the gens Annia. The...
View ArticleGuest post: “The many lives of an eternal monument”– the Mausoleum of...
An article by Nick Leonard. When Hadrian assumed control of the Roman Empire in AD 117, the vast, wealthy and powerful state that he inherited remained, in effect, the Principate of Augustus. More than...
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