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PUBLIUS HADRIAN
(76 - 138)
ROMAN EMPEROR
Hadrian and Marcus
Antonius
Gutter Center Block
Castle of St. Angelo,
formerly mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian.
Hadrian
was consumed with love and passion for Antinous, a Bythinian youth
handsome
beyond description. When Antinous drowned in the Nile, Hadrian
was
inconsolable. On coins of the period, his visage is shown grief-stricken
and
careworn, as from a great and sudden tragedy.
Copyright Louis Paul Hennefeld 1983
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