Examples of Hadrian's Villa in the following topics:
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- According to Roman biographers, Apollodorus did not appreciate Hadrian's interests or architectural drawings and often discredited them.
- Hadrian's most famous contribution to the city of Rome was his rebuilding of the Pantheon, a temple to all the gods, that was first built by Agrippa during the reign of Augustus.
- Hadrian's Pantheon still remains standing today, a great testament of Roman engineering and ingenuity.
- Hadrian's decision to use the original inscription links him to the original imperial builders of Rome.
- Discuss Trajan's Forum, Trajan's Markets, Hadrian's Pantheon, and Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli.
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- Above all, Hadrian patronized the arts: Hadrian's Villa at Tibur was the greatest Roman example of an Alexandrian garden, recreating a sacred landscape, albeit lost in large part to the despoliation of the ruins by the Cardinal d'Este, who had much of the marble removed to build Villa d'Este.
- Another of Hadrian's contributions to popular Roman culture was the beard, which symbolised his philhellenism: Dio of Prusa had equated the generalized using of the beard with Hellenic ethos.
- Also, all Roman emperors before Hadrian, except for Nero (also a great admirer of Greek culture), were clean shaven.
- Most of the emperors after Hadrian would be portrayed with beards.
- As a cultural Hellenophile Hadrian was familiar with the work of the philosophers Epictetus, Heliodorus and Favorinus.
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- Hadrian's time as emperor was marked with peace and relative stability throughout the empire.
- The most famous of these is Hadrian's Wall in Britainnia that marked the northern boundary of the empire on the isle.
- During Hadrian's reign, the port city of Ostia grew significantly, reaching over 75,000 inhabitants by the third century CE.
- Hadrian's general religious tolerance is reflected in this religious diversity, including the presence of a Jewish synagogue.
- While Hadrian's Mausoleum still stands today, it was later converted into a residence and fortress under the Roman popes and now serves as a museum.
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- Despite his own great reputation as a military administrator, Hadrian's reign was marked by a general lack of documented major military conflicts, apart from the Second Roman–Jewish War.
- Hadrian's abandonment of an aggressive policy was something for which the Senate and its historians never forgave Hadrian: the fourth century historian Aurelius Victor charged him with being jealous of Trajan's exploits and deliberately trying to downplay their worthiness.
- The most famous of these is the massive Hadrian's Wall in Great Britain, built on stone and doubled on its rear by a ditch (Vallum Hadriani), which marked the boundary between a strictly military zone and the province.
- Although his coins showed military images almost as often as peaceful ones, Hadrian's policy was peace through strength, even threat, with an emphasis on discipline, which was the subject of two monetary series.
- Sections of Hadrian's Wall remain along the route, though much has been dismantled over the years to use the stones for various nearby construction projects.
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- These emperors are Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, and Commodus.
- Moreover, there was a family connection as Trajan adopted his first cousin once removed and great-nephew by marriage Hadrian and Hadrian made his half-nephew by marriage and heir Antoninus Pius adopt both Hadrian's second cousin three times removed and half-great-nephew by marriage Marcus Aurelius, also Antoninus' nephew by marriage, and the son of his original planned successor, Lucius Verus.
- Hadrian was Roman Emperor from 117 to 138 CE.
- He is also known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Roman Britain.
- During his reign, Hadrian traveled to nearly every province of the Empire.
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- Hadrian, Trajan's adopted son and heir, peacefully became emperor in 117 CE.
- Hadrian set a fashion for beards among Romans, and most emperors after him also wore a beard.
- Prior to Hadrian nearly all Roman men were clean shaven.
- Antoninus Pius, Hadrian's adopted heir and successor, mimics his predecessor's appearance in his official portraits—thick curly hair and a curly, closely-trimmed beard.
- Just as Hadrian chose to wear his hair and beard in a Greek style, his wife Sabina also chose a Greek hair style, helping to promote Hadrian's Panhellenic agenda.
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- Later architecture in Venice and the Veneto was largely based on the work of Andrea Palladio, who designed and completed some highly influential works, including villas in the mainland, Vicenza, Padua, and Treviso.
- Palladian architecture, in masterpieces such as Villa Emo, Villa Barbaro, Villa Capra, and Villa Foscari, evoked the imagined grandeur of antique classical Roman villas.
- For instance, Palladian villas were designed so that the owner visibly exerted control over production activities of the surrounding countryside by structuring the functional parts, such as the porch, close to the central body.
- In the case of Villa Badoer, the open barn, formed by a large circular colonnade enclosing the front yard in front of the villa, created a space that recalled the ancient idea of the Roman Forum, bringing all campaign activities to the front of the villa itself.
- The front façade of the Villa Foscari features several neoclassical columns.
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- He was adopted by Hadrian as his son and heir under the condition that he, in turn, adopt Lucius Veras and Marcus Aurelius as his sons and heirs.
- Upon Hadrian's death, Antoninus persuaded the Senate to deify Hadrian, and so received the name Pius.
- This is modeled on Trajan's column and was originally erected on the Campus Martius between the Temple of Divine Hadrian and the Temple of Divine Marcus Aurelius.
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- Palladian architecture has "been valued for centuries as the quintessence of High Renaissance calm and harmony. " Palladio designed many palaces, villas, and churches, but his reputation has been founded on his skill as a designer of villas.
- Stuccoed brickwork was always used in his villa designs in order to portray his interpretations of the Roman villa typology.
- Palladio also established an influential new building format for the agricultural villas of the Venetian aristocracy.
- Palladio developed his own more flexible prototype for the plan of the villas to moderate scale and function.
- In many of Palladio's villas, like the Villa Barbaro, pavilions were little more than mundane farm buildings behind a concealing facade.
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- In the United States, Villa came to represent mindless violence and banditry .
- Pershing into Mexico to capture Villa .
- This picture depicts Pancho Villa with his staff in 1913; he is the second man from the right.
- Villa was an important leader during the Mexican Revolution.
- General Pershing led the expedition into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa.