Hadrian's Travels

Hadrian's Travels

Hadrian arrived in Rome in the summer of AD 118, nearly a year after his actual succession to Trajan. His predecessor?s eastern conquests had facilitated a massive Jewish revolt which required an in kind legionary response. While these revolts were largely quelled while Trajan was still alive, Hadrian was forced to finish the work. As one part of his ultimate resolution of the matter, Hadrian understood the difficulty in controlling the east beyond the Euphrates River and gave up Trajan?s recent conquests...