(1) Pācem tamen omnī imperiī suī tempore habuit, semel tantum per praesidem dīmicāvit.
(2) Orbem Rōmānum circumiit. Multa aedificāvit. Fācundissimus Latīnō sermōne, Graecō ērudītissimus fuit. Nōn māgnam clēmentiae glōriam habuit, dīligentissimus tamen circa aerārium et mīlitum disciplīnam.
(3) Obiit in Campāniā māior sexāgenāriō, imperiī annō vīcēsimō prīmō, mēnse decimō, diē vīcēsimō nōnō. Senātus eī tribuere nōluit dīvīnōs honōrēs, tamen cum successor ipsīus T. Aurēlius Antōnīnus Fulvius hoc vehementer exigeret et ūniversī senātōrēs palam resisterent, tandem obtinuit.
notes
The Reign of Hadrian; His Death (138 CE)
Dio Cassius 69.12.1–15.1; Historia Augusta, Hadrian 14.
(1) tamen: despite Hadrian's disinclination to hold provinces and expand the empire or campaign in the east as Trajan had (discussed in the previous section).
per praesidem: "through the agency of a governor"
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"There were revolts in Mauretania and Britain early in Hadrian’s reign which Hadrian suppressed. In Britain the Legio IX Hispanica was destroyed and Hadrian [built a wall] 73 miles long, between the Tyne and the Solway (122-128 CE). The revolt which Eutropius mentions here, however, was that of the [Judeans] (132-135 CE), caused by his construction of a shrine to Jupiter Capitolinus on the Temple site at Jerusalem, which he renamed Colonia Aelia Capitolina... The governor mentioned here was Sex. Minicius Faustinus Julius Severus." (Dio 69.12.1–15.1; H.A. Hadr. 14.2) (Bird)
(2) Orbem Rōmānum circumiit: he visited every province in the Empire, correcting abuses, and examining the administration of government (Hazzard).
multa aedificāvit: among other famous buildings the Mausoleum of Hadrian, now called the Castle of St. Angelo (Hazzard), the Roman Pantheon, and his library in Athens.
facundissimus: on his deathbed he composed a short, lighthearted poem:
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animula vagula blandula;
hospes comesque corporis,
quae nunc abibis in loca;
pallidula rigida nudula
nec ut soles dabis iocos!
Oh charming wandering little soul,
Guest and companion of my flesh,
Now you’re going to a place that is
Pallid, bare, and rough,
You'll no longer joke and play
as you used to do!
(Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Hadrian 25.9)
(3) Obiit in Campāniā: He died in Baiae in 138 CE (H.A. Hadr. 25.5–7; Victor Epit. 14.12) (Bird).
successor ipsīus: Antoninus Pius demanded that Hadrian receive apotheosis by the Senate, and because of this fact gained the title Pius (HA, Hadr. 27).
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
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praeses, sidis [praesideō], m. |
a protector, guard; governor |
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dīmicō, āre, āvī, ātus |
to fight |
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circumeō, īre, īvī (iī), itus |
to go around, tour 2 |
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aedificō, āre, āvī, ātus [aedis + faciō] |
to build |
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fācundus, a, um, adj. |
eloquent |
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Latīnus, a, um, adj. |
Latin, pertaining to Latium |
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Graecus, a, um, adj. |
Grecian, Greek |
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ērudītus -a -um |
educated, learned, trained |
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clēmentia, ae [clēmēns, gentle], f. |
mercifulness, forbearance, kindness |
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dīligēns, tis [dīligō], adj. |
careful, diligent, attentive; sparing; fond of |
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aerārium, ī [aes, copper], n. |
(state) treasury |
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obeō, īre, īvī (iī), itus |
to go to meet; attend to, perform; die, perish 3 |
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Campānia, ae, f. |
a district of Italy on the western side, south of Latium |
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mēnsis, is, m. |
a month |
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tribuō, ere, ī, ūtus [tribus] |
to assign, grant, give |
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dīvīnus, a, um [dīvus], adj. |
divine, sacred |
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successor, ōris [succēdō], m. |
a follower, successor |
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T. |
abbreviation of the praenomen Titus |
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Aurēlius, ī, m. |
the name of a Roman gens. Aurēlius Alexander, Roman emperor, 222–235 A.D. |
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Antōnīnus, ī, m. |
the name of a dynasty of Roman emperors. (1) T. Aurēlius Antōnīnus Fulvius Bōiōnius Pius, 138–161 A.D.; (2) M. Aurēlius Antōnīnus Vērus, 161–180 A.D.; (3) L. Annius Antōnīnus Vērus, 161–169 A.D.; (4) L. Antōnīnus Commodus, 180–193 A.D.; (5) M. Aurēlius Antōnīnus Bassānius Caracalla, 211–217 A.D.; (6) M. Aurēlius Antōnīnus, Heliogabalus, 218–222 A.D. |
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Fulvius, ī, m. |
the name of a Roman gens |
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vehementer, adv. |
earnestly, seriously, severely; exceedingly |
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ūniversus, a, um adj. |
all in one, whole, entire |
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palam, adv. |
openly, publicly |
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resistō, ere, stitī, — |
to oppose, withstand, resist |
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obtineō, ēre, uī, tentus |
to hold, possess; rule, govern |