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This morning’s beautiful sunrise 🌋🌄#Hadrian1900
May 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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This means I am celebrating the 9th anniversary of my #Hadrian1900 project today!
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August 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Following Hadrian in Delphi #Hadrian1900 #archaeologytravel #Greece
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June 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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A Greek kitty from Delphi for #Caturday! 😻 A lovely reminder of my visit there last year in the footsteps of Hadrian. #Hadrian1900
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June 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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And so, the adventure begins! Tomorrow morning, I will go on a sunrise excursion on Mount Etna to follow in Hadrian’s footsteps. I will climb the volcano to see the sunrise 🌋🌅 #Hadrian1900
May 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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[New Post] Winter AD 124/5 – Hadrian tours the Peloponnese (part 1) and visits Megara, Argos and Mantineia #Hadrian1900
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Winter AD 124/5 – Hadrian tours the Peloponnese (part 1) and visits Megara, Argos and Mantineia (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
After attending the Eleusinian Mysteries (see here), Hadrian embarked on a brief tour of the Peloponnese accompanied by Sabina. His presence in several renowned cities during this period is well do…
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March 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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My first #Hadrian1900 article about Hadrian's journey in Achaea in AD 124/5.
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Autumn AD 124 – Hadrian arrives in Athens and attends the Eleusinian Mysteries (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
Eleven years had passed since Hadrian last visited Athens. During his stay there, while in his mid-thirties, he became an Athenian citizen, enrolled in the tribe Besa and served as archon (IG II² 2…
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November 19, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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[New Post] Winter AD 124/5 – Hadrian tours the Peloponnese (part 1) and visits Megara, Argos and Mantineia #Hadrian1900
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Winter AD 124/5 – Hadrian tours the Peloponnese (part 1) and visits Megara, Argos and Mantineia (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
After attending the Eleusinian Mysteries (see here), Hadrian embarked on a brief tour of the Peloponnese accompanied by Sabina. His presence in several renowned cities during this period is well do…
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February 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Finalising my upcoming blog post on Hadrian's visit to the Greek regions of Boeotia and Phocis in spring AD 125, which included the Valley of the Muses, Thespiae and Delphi. #Hadrian1900
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May 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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24 January AD 126 – A small Serapeum is consecrated in Thebes to Hadrian on his 50th birthday #Hadrian1900
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24 January AD 126 – A small Serapeum is consecrated in Thebes to Hadrian on his 50th birthday (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
On January 24, AD 126, Emperor Hadrian celebrated his 50th birthday. This event was marked by the dedication of a small temple to the god Serapis (Serapeum) in the forecourt of the Luxor Temple (Ro…
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January 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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Nineteen hundred years ago, Hadrian visited the Argive Heraion in the Peloponnese and dedicated a gold peacock encrusted with jewels. #Hadrian1900 🦚

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February 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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[New Post] Winter AD 124/5 – Hadrian tours the Peloponnese (part 1) and visits Megara, Argos and Mantineia #Hadrian1900
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Winter AD 124/5 – Hadrian tours the Peloponnese (part 2) and visits Sparta and Corinth (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
Hadrian spent much of the winter of 124/125 touring the Peloponnese, visiting all the major cities and providing benefactions to them. The first part of his journey took him to Megara, Athens&#8217…
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April 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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#EpigraphyTuesday - Base for a statue of Hadrian erected in the Sanctuary of Athena Pronea in Delphi by the Amphictyonic council under the direction of Titus Flavius Aristotimus (priest of Apollo). Dated AD 124/5.
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June 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Four years ago, I was invited to write an essay about my Following Hadrian project for the Studies in Late Antiquity journal (SLA, University of California Press). #Hadrian1900 #Hadrian1949
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January 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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[New Post] Spring AD 125 – Hadrian travels to Boeotia and Phocis and visits Delphi #Hadrian1900
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Spring AD 125 – Hadrian travels to Boeotia and Phocis and visits Delphi (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
Four years had passed since Hadrian last saw Rome, and it was time for him to return home. In the spring of AD 125, the Emperor departed from Athens and began his journey northward to the Adriatic …
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May 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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As we celebrate the 1908th anniversary of Hadrian's accession to the imperial throne, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the late Anthony R. Birley, whose fabulous 1997 biography of Hadrian guides my #Hadrian1900 project! 13 more years to go!
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August 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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AD 126 – Hadrian spends the year in Rome and dedicates the Templum Divorum #Hadrian1900
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AD 126 – Hadrian spends the year in Rome and dedicates the Templum Divorum (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
The year AD 126 opened under the consulships of Marcus Annius Verus and Gaius Eggius Ambibulus, marking the formal beginning of the civic year in Rome. Over the following months, several changes in…
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September 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Yesterday, exploring Taormina, Roman Tauromenium. Under Roman rule, the Hellenistic theatre was rebuilt, probably around the time of Hadrian or Trajan. It was remodelled in the 3rd century AD.

Hadrian visited Sicily on his way back to Rome in AD 125. #Hadrian1900
May 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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[New Post] Late Spring AD 125 - Hadrian visits Sicily to climb Mount Etna and returns to Rome #Hadrian1900
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Late Spring AD 125 – Hadrian visits Sicily to climb Mount Etna and returns to Rome (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
In the late spring of AD 125, after visiting Delphi and possibly spending some time in Dyrrachium (see here), Hadrian set sail to return to Rome, having completed a four-year journey across the wes…
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June 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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AD 126. After years of travel, Hadrian remained in Rome, overseeing building works and administrative reforms. Among the year’s notable events was the dedication of the Templum Divorum in the Campus Martius, celebrated with games of exceptional scale #Hadrian1900
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AD 126 – Hadrian spends the year in Rome and dedicates the Templum Divorum (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
The year AD 126 opened under the consulships of Marcus Annius Verus and Gaius Eggius Ambibulus, marking the formal beginning of the civic year in Rome. Over the following months, several changes in…
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May 6, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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"Afterwards he sailed to Sicily,​ and there he climbed Mount Aetna to see the sunrise, which is many-hued, they say, like the rainbow."
Historia Augusta 13.2

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May 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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[New post] Autumn AD 124 – Hadrian arrives in Athens and attends the Eleusinian Mysteries
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Autumn AD 124 – Hadrian arrives in Athens and attends the Eleusinian Mysteries (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
Eleven years had passed since Hadrian last visited Athens. During his stay there, while in his mid-thirties, he became an Athenian citizen, enrolled in the tribe Besa and served as archon (IG II² 2…
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November 13, 2024 at 9:58 AM
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[New post] Late March AD 125 – Hadrian returns to Athens and presides over the Great Dionysia #Hadrian1900
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Late March AD 125 – Hadrian returns to Athens and presides over the Great Dionysia (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
After touring the Peloponnese and visiting all the major cities (read here), Hadrian returned to Athens in late March, in time for the Great Dionysia. He presided over this annual Athenian religiou…
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May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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September 14, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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After the ascent of Mount Etna and the visit to Taormina, where the theatre may have been finished under Hadrian, I went to the Archaeological Museum of Centuripe, which houses a head of Hadrian, possibly related to his visit to Sicily in AD 125. #Hadrian1900
May 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM