[MrsEmmaPeel]

Trajan is still my favorite. He certainly didn’t have any problems adopting Hadrian as his son. As to the nature of Hadrian’s sexuality - who cares? Hadrian was a damn fine Emperor and a damn fine General. (Considered #3 on the list of the “5 Good Emperors”)

[rbg81]

Of course. Everyone who is great and dead was gay. Actually, being dead is a necessary prerequisite. If they were still alive, they might look for some serious whoopass on those making these revelations.

[arderkrag]

Ummm...why is this news to anyone seriously interested in the subject?

[IronJack]

31 countries - most of them once under the Roman yoke

In many cases, that period "under the Roman yoke" was the peak of their civilization.

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks Blam. Hadrian the pantywaist is one of the grossly overrated Roman emperors. His predecessor Trajan expanded the empire to its greatest extent and brought it to its all-time financial pinnacle, then Hadrian spent years and serious cash tooling his keister around the provinces, wasting money building a short-lived city in honor of his dead catamite, and murdering various politicians. He also despised the Jews, primarily because of their practice of circumcision. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are Blam, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[SunkenCiv]

http://users.bigpond.net.au/bstone/antinous.htm
http://www.antinopolis.org/antinopolis.html

[beebuster2000]

thanks

[Rikstir]

Interesting stuff, and an exhibition that should be visited by us in the UK. Hadrian played an important role as Britain harnessed the culture and practices of the Romans on there way to developing into the society we know and love today.

Also, you can see his indelible impact on the UK by visiting Hadrians Wall, which he built to keep out the barbaric and bloodthirsty Celts and Scots (typed with a bit of tongue in cheek!). Think of it as a mini-Great Wall.