Brief sketch of the Life
of Hadrian from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
Herbert Benario's more detailed Life
of Hadrian at DIR's On-line Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
Want the big picture of the first two centuries of imperial Rome? Check
out Overview
of Imperial Rome, 14-180 A.D. by Richard Hooker, from World Civilizations
at Washington State University
Portrait
of Hadrian at the Art Institute of Chicago, features QuickTime Movies
of his life, portraits of other Roman emperors, and how Roman portraits were
made
Portrait
of Hadrian at Olympia Museum, Greece (AICT); detail
of corselet showing Victory crowned, flanked by Romulus and Remus and
symbols of the Roman state
Coins
of Hadrian (from the Lawrence University catalog, Bearers of Meaning);
coins
of Hadrian (Doug Smith); more
coins (Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins): click on Hadrian on the left sidebar.
Kathryn Andrus-Walck's web page of Hadrianic
buildings, especially the Pantheon, Villa at Tivoli, mausoleum, and temple
of the Deified Hadrian (built 145 by Antoninus Pius)
Take a look at Hadrian's predecessor in Trajan's
Rome: The Man, the City, the Empire (Getty ArtsEdNet), a wonderful website
that includes history, art, and culture of Trajanic Rome.
Want to know more about Hadrian, his successors and his predecessors? Read
Christopher Mackay's lecture
on Hadrian and Christopher Jones' Notes
on Nerva to Hadrian (96-138 CE).
