Statue of Hadrian. Photo by Ardon Bar Hama. Hadrian, Roman emperor from 117 CE to 138 CE, ruthlessly quashed the Bar Kokba Revolt and resettled Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina. Ruling an empire that comprised much of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East, Hadrian was a capable and, at times, ruthless military leader. He realigned […]
Maritime Theater The Maritime Theatre at Hadrian’s Villa (Villa Adriano),Tivoli, Italy, 2nd century AD. British Museum- Hadrian Empire and Conflict See also- Statue of Hadrian, 135 CE
Letter from Niger and Brocchus Writing-tablet from the fort at Vindolanda, Northumberland, late 1st or early 2nd century AD. A letter from Niger and Brocchus to Flavius Cerialis. Translation- ‘Niger and Brocchus to their Cerialis, greeting. We pray, brother that what you are about to do will be most successful. It will be so, indeed, […]
British Museum- Hadrian Empire and Conflict
Gospel of Mark Mark 8- 11-26. Mark, the Second Gospel, like the other two Synoptics, deals chiefly with the Galilean ministry of Jesus, and the events of the last week at Jerusalem.
Gospel of Luke The Gospel of Luke 11- 50 – 12- 12 and 13- 6-24. This Chester Beatty papyrus codex is the oldest book in the world to contain these New Testament texts in a single volume. Until its discovery, only small papyrus fragments of single Gospels were known. This book showed that the four […]
Gold Aureus, View of Coliseum. Ira and Larry Goldberg Coins and Collectibles. Obverse- IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG Laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander to right. Reverse- P M TR P II COS P P View of the Colosseum (the Flavian Amphitheatre)- the buiding has for stories, the first three of arcades […]
Manuscript of the Book of Daniel The Book of Daniel 8- 24 – 5 preface, currently in the Chester Beaty Library in Dublin. The thirteen leaves that form part of the Book of Daniel were originally thought to be from a separate codex, but are now known to belong to the same codex as Biblical […]
Bearded Soldier Bearded soldier, probably from Philadelphia (El-Rabaiyat) in the Faiyum c. 165 CE. Encaustic on wood. H. 40 cm, 15 ¼ in. Myers Museum of Egyptian and Classical Art, Eton College, Windsor. In Roman Egypt, it was customary to attach a painted portrait of the deceased person over the head of the body wrapped […]
In 132 CE, Hadrian renamed Jerusalem Aelia Capitolina and Judea as Philistia. The name Aelia Capitolina was in honor of Hadrian’s gens (or clan) name Aelia, and of the pagan god Jupiter Capitolinus. The city was rebuilt according to the Roman city plan, with streets on a grid plotted around a central thoroughfare. Hadrian declared […]