The Arch of Hadrian was built in Jerash, Jordan to honour the emperor! It remains intact to this day and it is considered one of the best kept Roman structures in the world.
To destroy his image as they destroyed Alexander's? 😂 These "big productions" always appeal to masses and oversimplify everything making a comic characters out of the greatest heroes...
I was about to write the same thing. Same for Trajan. Romanians made some movies, one or two including he character of Trajan, but more is needed. If I could, I would make a whole series about those 2 guys. Caesar, Caesar and more Caesar... he was not the only great one.
I just now found this channel and I love Greek/Roman History. Do you also watch Thersites the Hisorian? That has been my favorite History channel. This video is top notch though.
I'm so glad somebody on youtube is covering parts of rome besides the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Thank you very much. This is a great video. The length is perfect, too.
@@boom7star731 Doesn't entail the first bit or any sort of naming iirc, but Hadrian's disdain for Jews is pretty apparent in the book, but only shows when dealing with a particularly brutal and difficult to defeat Jewish uprising or two led by a man who claimed to be the Messiah.
*build numerous buildings and monuments* *Your most famous accomplishment is a wall in the far of reaches of the empire* I wonder how he would feel about that.
How is your channel still so small? You are really putting out great amounts of quality whenever you upload and yet you still have a small amount of subs. I really hope you grow get the appreciation you deserve!
The part where Hadrian keeps selecting handsome dilettantes as his successors and the senate is just glaring at him going "we SEEE what you're doing here" needs its own skit
I can understand that the Jews like any people wanted independence, but the Romans were incredibly benevolent with them. the Romans allowed the Jews to freely practice their religion, Jewish laws were part of the legislation of the province and they were allowed to preserve their traditions. Considering the time, Rome was very generous.
in the past no man asked "why Spartacus wanted independence if he was well fed and not in mines?" or "why occupied nation rebelled against their new very generous masters?" But people like them will never understand you, and people like you will never understand them
@@sidjoosin6549 he was a slave it is perfectly logical that the slaves want to fight for their freedom, the jews were treated as citizens of the empire they were allowed to maintain their religion and traditions
@@KaelVidos20 Look here are 2 different world perceptions - words "you allowed to maintain ...." -for one point is either insult or argument for rebel and fight to the death; -for another is argument to NOT to rebel and live happily. ==== second one is modern one, in the past reasons for resist oppression was obviuos - to be free and NOT to resist was obviuos - fear. Spartacus was gladiator, it is like sport star * 2 + your sweat collected and sold to your fan club
Well ain't one fellow is perfect. Hadrian is that type of emperor who in a single day could order 'secret' death warrants and mass genocide, while in the same time rebuild many damaged buildings for the sake of honoring their original builder's legacy (and not for personal agrandizement) and being that one guy who always likes to travel in order to upgrade the provinces and improve lives of its citizens. But Hadrian's good and competent behaviour stands out from the two, for it was who Hadrian is and preferred to be.
This is by far the best biography of Hadrian I’ve heard. It defines his personality so that you can see why his wife would have called him a “monster “. Though for me, his prickly and acid comments describing Pompey’s Tomb as “pitiful for one so rich in temples” is strangely endearing. I understand him with his hot mercurial Latin temper, and restlessness. I also share his need to grow a beard to hide facial blemishes. I am curious about the creases on his ear lobes as being modern day predictable warnings of stroke and cardio vascular disease. I’ve read many of the written biographies and looking forward to any new research. The Memoirs of Hadrian movie adaptation seems to have permanently scrubbed, so we’ll not see Antonio Banderas in the title role any time soon….pity.
@@oligultonn either the Crisis of the Third Century or the first sack of Rome. Constantine actually did a very good job of maintaining stability and progress within Roman Civilization, certainly far better than the Tetrarchy, a regime which absolutely guaranteed civil conflict, ever did.
Jews mad. Jews mad about (Hadrian) because the (Second Jewish Temple) was destroyed in 70 AD. Jews wished that the (Second Jewish Temple) was still standing so that Jews can return back to: -daily (animal sacrifices): to atone for Jewish sins. -daily (Blood on the Altar): to atone for Jewish sins.
I wish that there would be a good studio and director who can make a awesome series that shows, Constantine, hadrian, Justinian, and other great emperors.
@Rachel Voss Vilaça Dio Cassius, book 69, chapter 13, section 3: Fifty of their most important outposts and 985 better known villages were raised to the ground, 585,000 were killed in the various engagements or battles. As for the numbers who perished from starvation, disease or fire, that was impossible to establish. Dio Cassius wrote his history of Rome in the 220s, he was a senator and was a consul, so he would have had access to official records. I think overall Hadrian was the best of the Roman emperors, and you could argue that the Roman empire reached its apogee during his reign. However his decision to ban circumcision and to turn Jerusalem into a Roman colony with pagan temples triggered the Jewish revolt.
Most British historical youtubers undertake conspicuous and palpably painstaking efforts to make their voices sound discursive and dramatizing in narrating. As a consequence they sound unnatural and pompous. That's another sign of decay of that once important commercial nation.
Not in Elysium yet! It's just been a crazy couple of months; bought a house, and had a baby etc. I'm trying to figure out a good balance between work/family/RU-vid Happy to see you're sticking around :D
@@TheSPQRHistorian Damn congrats man! That's a lot to balance. Even more badass of you to deliver an hour long Hadrian doc. Best to you and your family.
The relentless sing - song intonation is very trying ! It's a History lecture - not sales pitch for a new type of household appliance. I don't expect Sir Laurence Olivier but even so....
Thank you for great videos ! I liked how you brought up that Tibrius might have protected Caligula from Sejanus by invitation to Capri and telling that Caligula fought as unknown Gladiator, other documents do not mention these things and the tale of Scaeva ! Greetings from Finland !
Even today in Greek books Andian mentioned numerous times 'cause he was a true philellene ( Friend of Greeks ). But who couldn't love Greece and the things that created in so early times. Stories to entertain the mind of audionnce of all ages. Thus the saying by Horace "Captive Greece captured her rude conqueror".
IMO the combo/period between Trajan and Hadrian was the height of Roman Empire or "The Greatness of Rome". The fact that both were from outside of Rome and Italy both were chosen by the army and not put on the throne by the army were important. Both Trajan and Hadrian were great because they traveled throughout their empire, fought and led their men into battle but also understood the limits of the empire. Hadrian's wall and the pull out of Mesopotamia were critical to maintaining all the progress that had been made. Augustus gets all the cred for creating the role of Caesar based upon his grandfather but Trajan and Hadrian perfected the role. If Rome were fortunate to have 10 more emperors like these two we they wouldn't have needed to split the empire, they wouldn't have diluted the currency, they wouldn't have turned the army into primarily into foreign paid mercenaries, and likely they wouldn't have allowed the barbarian tribes to push into their northern border. Christianity may not have been a thing and we likely wouldn't have had the dark ages for 500 years.
Really? I thought he was a bit dreadful for a narrator. Kind of a high, nasaly voice with odd inflection. Not that there’s anything wrong with that … just not the best for listening to for over an hour imo
A note to the writer: There was no so called Spanish(lisping)accent at the time. Latin was the language of Italica. The Roman elite would mocked Hadrian for antiquarian speech pattern; not for lisping
TERTIVM EORVM QVI QVINQVE IMPERATORES BONI DICVNTVR! Hadrian's reign, in my historical analysis, marked the cultural and "architectonic" apogee of Rome! The Pantheon, in my historical analysis, was his greatest masterpiece. Hadrian's intention to rebuild the Pantheon, in my historical analysis, was exactly intended to symbolize the power of Rome!
Glad you liked it Antonio! There is so much to say about Hadrian so the video ended up being a lot longer than the previous ones :D Currently working on the Antoninus Pius video, along with a couple of other videos :)
7:55 There is a small error in the map. The map shows Flevoland, an artificial province created by the Dutch. Flevoland is officially recognized since 1986. It did not exist during the time of the Roman Empire. Good video btw!!!
After the Roman Empire emptied Britain of their natural resources they should've really just abandoned it because it was one of the reasons for their downfall. It was way too expensive to defend for really no reason. The cost simply wasn't worth it.
20:45 - I don't fully understand Hadrian's letter to the Senate when he becomes emperor. Is this letter written in such a way as to show deference to the State as a means to show *his* loyalty to *them*? That's the subtext I'm reading from this.
A few years ago, there was a guy on here "History with a twist of lime" was his name I think. He was sadly taken down for copyright issues I think, but he did a fantastically detailed complete history of rome, from its founding to its end. Please, I hope you consider doing something similar someday!
@@TheSPQRHistorian A Herculean task, no doubt - but one I feel you may be capable of! For the longest time I thought myself alone but it turns out there's quite a cult reverence for his saga lol
This guy has the best timing for these videos. Disregarding his very good voice and presentation - all of us are THIRSTY for more Rome after Dovahatty's "Unbiased history". And now that the series has ended - this is gonna get a lot of thirsty Roman fanboys from that alone
Eh, just watched the other vids... not the same without the dude doing this voice. Honestly, they're good, but not as good as this man. Please do more videos with him!
If the SPQR Historian needs a narrator with lots of emotion and inflections the same as this one, i could do it. I'm a pretty skilled orator. Would love if you contacted me, though!
Lis nombres propios se escriben en su forma y modo original; en este caso Adriano. Para información de los hispanoparlantes, existe un reportaje monográfico excelente confeccionado por varios organismos hispanos griegos etc emitido por tv. española.
I feel like Greek culture to Romans, is like American culture for Europeans. *edit : But yeah - Trajan, Hadrian & Marcus Aurelius and to some extend Romulus, Constantine & Julius Caesar are my favorite King*Emperors. But definitely the three former. When it comes to Eastern Roman Emperors it's Constantine, as well as Theodora & Basil ii.
