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112 Hadrian succeeds Gaius Julius Cassius Steirieus as archon of Athens.
117 Trajan
subdued a Judean revolt, then fell seriously ill, leaving Hadrian in command of the east.
118 Roman Emperor Hadrian is also a Roman Consul
.
119 Roman Emperor
Hadrian stations the Legio VI ''Victrix'' in Roman Britain
, to assist in quelling a local rebellion.
120 Emperor Hadrian visits Britain
121 Hadrian fixes the border between Roman Britain
and Caledonia on a line running from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth.
122 Hadrian orders that a 72-mile (115-kilometer) wall be built in northern Britain. Hadrian's Wall
, as it comes to be known, is intended to keep the Caledonians, Picts
and other tribes at bay.
123 Roman Emperor Hadrian's villa at Tivoli was built.
124 Hadrian begins to rebuild the Olympeion in Athens
.
125 Construction of the Pantheon
(Rome
) as it stands today by Hadrian.
127 Hadrian returns to Rome after a seven year voyage to the Roman provinces.
128 Hadrian visits the Roman province of North Africa in order to inspect the troops stationed there.
129 Hadrian continues his voyages, now inspecting Caria, Sicily
, Cappadocia
and Syria
.
131 Emperor Hadrian builds the city Aelia Capitolina on the location of Jerusalem
132 The messianic, charismatic leader Simon bar Kokhba starts a war of liberation against the Romans, which is eventually crushed by emperor Hadrian. Rabbi Akiva is supportive of the rebellion.
138 Roman emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius
on condition that Antonius would adopt Marcus Annius Aurelius Verus
.
138 Antoninus Pius
succeeds Hadrian as Roman emperor
138 Died
161 Marcus Aurelius, a Spaniard like Trajan
and Hadrian, is a stoical, disciple of Epictetus
, and an energetic man of action. He pursues the policy of his predecessor and maintains good relations with the Senate
. As a legislator, he endeavours to create new principles of morality and humanity, particularly favouring women and slaves.
528 Justinian
appoints a commission (including the jurist Tribonian
) to codify all imperial
laws that were still in force from Hadrian to the current date. (This becomes the ''Corpus Juris Civilis
''.)
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