Hadrian Biography

Hadrian, also spelled Adrian, Latin in full Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, original name (until 117 CE) Publius Aelius Hadrianus, (born January 24, 76 CE—died July 10, 138, Baiae [Baia], near Naples [Italy]), Roman emperor (117–138 CE), the emperor Trajan’s cousin and successor, who was a cultivated admirer of Greek civilization and who unified and consolidated Rome’s vast empire. He was the third of the so-called Five Good Emperors.

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