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Hadrian's Rome

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OpenLearn
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Free Certificate
Languages

English
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Certificate Available
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10 hours
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Self-Paced
Level

Advanced

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This free course, Hadrian's Rome, explores the city of Rome during the reign of the emperor Hadrian (117-38 CE). What impact did the emperor have on the appearance of the city? What types of structures were built and why? And how did the choices that Hadrian made relate to those of his predecessors, and also of his successors?

Syllabus

Introduction
Learning outcomes
1 Introducing Hadrian
1 Introducing Hadrian
2 Hadrianic monuments in Rome
2 Hadrianic monuments in Rome
2.1 Introducing the Pantheon
Exploring the Pantheon further
2.2 The Temple of Venus and Rome
2.3 The Temple of Deified Hadrian
3 Death, divinity and the emperor
3 Death, divinity and the emperor
Conclusion
Readings
Primary Source 1 SHA, Hadrian
Primary Source 2 Dio Cassius 69, 2.5; 69.4–5.2; 69.7, 1–4; 69.23
Primary Source 3 Dio Cassius 53, 27.1–4
Primary Source 4 Hadrian’s speech on Matidia
Primary Source 5 An inscription from Hadrian’s mausoleum
Reading 1 Mary Boatwright, Hadrian and the City of Rome
Reading 2 Penelope Davies, Death and the Emperor
Glossary
References
Acknowledgements

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