Hadrian - Rome's Restless Emperor Documentary

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  • @PeopleProfiles
    @PeopleProfiles  Před 2 lety +8

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  • @colonelgraff9198
    @colonelgraff9198 Před 4 lety +163

    “Yo Hadrian!” - Rocky Balboa

  • @ethanramos4441
    @ethanramos4441 Před 4 lety +134

    “Everything we hear is an opinion, not fact. Everything we see is a perspectives, not the truth.”
    Hadrian

    • @ll-mc8bx
      @ll-mc8bx Před 3 lety +3

      So reality is a lie?

    • @00HoODBoy
      @00HoODBoy Před 3 lety +3

      @@ll-mc8bx it's just a story your brain tells you, no way to know for sure

    • @Comdesron17
      @Comdesron17 Před 3 lety

      Hadrian - a pee-pee sniffer! lol So when he said this shit, "everything we hear is an opinion ....." was right after he took a good pounding up his ass! LMAO

    • @hououinkyouma3864
      @hououinkyouma3864 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Comdesron17
      I can smell your foreskin collection from here.

    • @61subsandnovideos
      @61subsandnovideos Před 2 lety

      we see are perspectives* sorry can't help it

  • @juliuskithiki9484
    @juliuskithiki9484 Před 4 lety +68

    A great ruler. As for his acts of violently subjugating rebel provinces that was expected of him as a ruler for peace had to be secured at all costs for the prosperity and the stability of the empire. I admired his practical step of withdrawing the Roman forces to the Euphrates territories beyond this frontier which had be acquired by his predecessor as a means of securing peace with Rome's old enemy and rival parthia

  • @CeridwenLynne
    @CeridwenLynne Před 4 lety +69

    Very interesting video. I think Hadrian was one of the greatest emperors of Rome along with Augustus, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, and Constantine. A lot of people seem to think that all Roman emperors were depraved, insane, and cared only about pleasure but this is not the case. Yes, Caligula, Nero, Domitian, and Commodus were likely unhinged but the majority of Roman emperors were either great leaders, able administrators, or average men. Hadrian was definitely a man ahead of his time. A very under rated emperor IMO.

    • @gandalfthegrey2592
      @gandalfthegrey2592 Před 3 lety +12

      Woah take that back about Domitian. He was a great leader. Have you read up on any of the newer research on him? The Ancient Historians didn't like him. Domitian is a great Emperor.

    • @CeridwenLynne
      @CeridwenLynne Před 3 lety +3

      I’ll have to read up on him. I always thought he was a bit on the insane side in that he was paranoid everyone was plotting against him and had all these people killed. I do agree that he did do a lot of good things as well. He wasn’t nearly as bad as Caligula, Nero, or Commodus.

    • @powerist209
      @powerist209 Před 3 lety +1

      And based on Nerva, he almost got killed (luckily he was only kidnapped and released once the deed was done) for pardoning Domitian’s assassins and part of his job also include appeasing his supporters than outright purge, which might show how popular he was.

    • @TheEminemOwns
      @TheEminemOwns Před 3 lety +4

      Claudius and Vespasian both deserve to be mentioned before Marcus Aurelius and Constantine as greatest emperors imo!

    • @Glaskruset
      @Glaskruset Před 3 lety +3

      I think its a shame that Caesar died when he did. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if he had time to roll out more reforms. Although he wasnt an emperor

  • @Blagon
    @Blagon Před 4 lety +56

    One of the most underrated emperors. Happy for this updated version

    • @saintofgamblingtv5134
      @saintofgamblingtv5134 Před 4 lety +12

      Hadrian is actually quite well known today, one does not even have to be interested in history for knowing who he was. Hadrian is considered one of the greatest emperors by many and only those who study history yet doesn’t follow up todays people claims him to be ”underrated”. It’s true that he once was amongst historians, back then history wasn’t a part of our society on a same level as now. However, more precise term which you could’ve used would’ve been ”overlooked” as that sadly is true because only a handful has covered Hadrian on CZcams

    • @jasonnaimie5465
      @jasonnaimie5465 Před 7 měsíci

      I agree.

    • @Kruppt808
      @Kruppt808 Před 14 dny

      If you get a wall named after you idk if underrated is still on the board 😂

  • @vespelian5274
    @vespelian5274 Před 4 lety +36

    Hadrian was a uniquely modern man. A man of his time, but in many ways ahead of it and one of the few who could fit seamlessly into the modern age. One the great Caesars.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 Před 3 lety

      About that he is actually Gay despite being married (unhappily)

    • @Michael_the_Drunkard
      @Michael_the_Drunkard Před 2 lety

      @@forickgrimaldus8301 that would make him bisexual. An unhappy marriage does not mean, he wasn't into women

    • @virginiaanyanwu9563
      @virginiaanyanwu9563 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Michael_the_Drunkard true, and you've got to realize he was marrying his second cousin, one in which he had a 10 year age gap with. Him 24, her 14. I don't think anyone would be happy about that

    • @schoe2164
      @schoe2164 Před rokem

      ​@@virginiaanyanwu9563 Antinous was 11

    • @jasonnaimie5465
      @jasonnaimie5465 Před 7 měsíci

      I agree.

  • @oliviermosimann6931
    @oliviermosimann6931 Před 3 lety +12

    My favorite roman emperor after Marcus Aurelius & Trajan. His wall in northern England still impresses new generations, to mention but that.

  • @naiman4535
    @naiman4535 Před 4 lety +21

    I think that Hadrian was a mixture of both wise ruler and autocrat. By the time he became Emperor, Hadrian had risen up through the ranks of the empire, and had already proven himself to be a capable general and administrator. The wisest thing he ever did was probably to scale back on Trajan's expansionism to consolidate and defend the Roman Empire, even at the cost of losing some territory. Hadrian took a rational approach of cost / benefit analysis - what did a region cost to administer versus what did it bring in in benefits and revenue? By the time Hadrian came along, Rome had already transitioned from a more democratic Republic to a more autocratic Empire.

  • @Joe11Blue
    @Joe11Blue Před 4 lety +58

    Don't forget, he built a wall.

    • @MendTheWorld
      @MendTheWorld Před 3 lety +1

      (.. speaking of authoritarian despots who use the resources of their empire to their own selfish ends, whilst crushing anyone who challenges him).

    • @bluewolf7572
      @bluewolf7572 Před 3 lety +2

      sideways comment. your point?

    • @graccusbro2061
      @graccusbro2061 Před 3 lety +2

      unlike Trump who only promised it lmao

    • @joetrimble7953
      @joetrimble7953 Před 3 lety +3

      @@graccusbro2061 don't be ignorant. There are miles of wall delivered despite the idiots opposing Trump's protection. We need more brutal men who love the country.

    • @graccusbro2061
      @graccusbro2061 Před 3 lety +1

      @@joetrimble7953 maybe a bit more intelligent though

  • @stephanebelizaire3627
    @stephanebelizaire3627 Před 2 lety +4

    Emperor Hadrian was a Great Ruler, and a Great Head of State, even today, He would be consider as a Great Politician, Great Reformer who loves his country and people. Bravo !

  • @estanislauborges8832
    @estanislauborges8832 Před 3 lety +3

    Hadrian's reign, in my historical analysis, marked the cultural and "architectonic" apogee of Rome. During his reign, several architectonic works were carried out not only in Rome itself, but throughout all the empire. Hadrian, for example, rebuilt the famous Pantheon of Agrippa, which was once, in my historical analysis, the greatest architectural masterpiece of Augustus' reign, that is, it was the main "symbol" of Augustus' intention to transform Rome into a "city of marble" ("marmoream relinquo, quam latericiam accepi"). Hadrian's intention to rebuild the Pantheon, for example, was not only intended to replace the original Pantheon built during Agrippa's third consulship (27 BC), but it was also intended to "symbolize" the glory of Rome.

  • @draekodamen-smith8434
    @draekodamen-smith8434 Před 4 lety +15

    I am of the mind that Hadrian was an exceptional leader of his time. He maintained Rome and kept it viable. He was not depraved like his predecessors and reads as being quite sane. I think it's important to remember his part in the current Middle Eastern Israel/Palestine problem, and the ramifications his actions had for fostering the harsh phenomenon of European antisemitism. He decisions left powerful marks lasting more than a millennium. This is most impressive.

    • @Nana91171
      @Nana91171 Před 3 lety +2

      Hadrian had quite a lasting impact on Israel/Judea; research 'Hadrian's Curse.'
      The 'curse' is part of why the Jews despise him so much.

    • @Michael_the_Drunkard
      @Michael_the_Drunkard Před 2 lety +3

      It was neither the first time nor was it warranted. Ever cared to look for the reasons instead of using self-serving power words like a€ti s%mi#ism and immediately designating them as innocent

  • @rwarren58
    @rwarren58 Před 4 lety +5

    Thank you for this wonderful documentary! The world needs to remember where it's been so it knows where it's going. I am like #600 and subscribed.

  • @petersclafani4370
    @petersclafani4370 Před 3 lety +5

    One of the greatest emperors.

  • @kevindavis8120
    @kevindavis8120 Před 4 lety +6

    He right at the top. Remember Roam fell because it was over extended.

  • @soloar2007
    @soloar2007 Před 3 lety +2

    thank you for this video

  • @Mezotm
    @Mezotm Před 2 lety

    Fantastic documentary very informative

  • @georgiaholmes5199
    @georgiaholmes5199 Před 4 lety +6

    Thank you 😊

  • @alvar534
    @alvar534 Před 3 lety +3

    One of the four emperors and over 300 senators spain gave to rome , and among them probably the best of all roman history in the words if roman chroniclers themselves , trajan

  • @alfonsomartinez328
    @alfonsomartinez328 Před 3 lety +4

    Excellent documentary!, would you ever consider doing one on Marcus Aurelius please?!?!

  • @alexandruboldurescu7664
    @alexandruboldurescu7664 Před 4 lety +1

    Impressive video

  • @GabrielSoares-ju9yq
    @GabrielSoares-ju9yq Před 4 lety +9

    theres a book about him from marguerite yourcenar, called Memórias de Adriano in my portuguese edition. It must be one of the most beautiful books ever written

    • @jacey1963
      @jacey1963 Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks for the recommendation, here's a link to it should anyone be interested in further reading (Version is in Spanish): www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/8435018393/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thepeopleprof-21&creative=6738&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=8435018393&linkId=de5369a9f2fde67cdc383b7e75fc4b0b

    • @jamesrobiscoe1174
      @jamesrobiscoe1174 Před 4 lety +1

      Yourcenar's biography is a treasury of insights on the man and his times. I've got the English version in my library. She's quite an historian and he's quite the man.

    • @CeridwenLynne
      @CeridwenLynne Před 4 lety +1

      I’m going to have to read that one. I’ve read Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome by Anthony Everett and enjoyed it. Hadrian is one of the more interesting Roman Emperors.

  • @elbee360
    @elbee360 Před rokem +2

    Man of vision

  • @rodneymeeks4166
    @rodneymeeks4166 Před 4 lety +9

    Old Trajan’sbusts kinda look like younger Emperor Palpatine 😂

    • @Duke_of_Lorraine
      @Duke_of_Lorraine Před 3 lety +2

      Even better : Constantine looks exactly like Sylvester Stallone

    • @vynonyoutube1418
      @vynonyoutube1418 Před 3 lety +1

      Palpatine's design was actually based off Augustus. Specifically a statue of him with Pontifex Maximus robes.

    • @rodneymeeks4166
      @rodneymeeks4166 Před 3 lety

      VYNLT well that makes perfect sense! 👌🏻

  • @julianterris
    @julianterris Před 4 lety +8

    I can't help thinking how enlightened Hadrian was. Clearly centuries ahead of his time, -loved by the people and loathed by the senate. What's not to like? Understandably not popular with the Jews, but he would have seen them (within his point of reference) as "outsiders" -I'm not endorsing that perspective, but he probably thought of them (in comparison with Rome and Athens as being "backward" He certainly managed a progressive vision with the vast majority of his subjects. I feel sorry for his long-suffering wife. Quite a fascinating "modern" character.

    • @powerist209
      @powerist209 Před 3 lety +2

      Well, Historians think that he maybe homosexual even if you ignore implied pederasty.
      I mean accounts do show him being unhappy with his wife and awfully too close to male even by Roman standards.

    • @Thumper-cu6wc
      @Thumper-cu6wc Před 3 lety +1

      He's great if you're not Jewish or agree with living under an overlord. He was good for Rome, but was he good everyone else?

    • @danielavalsangiacomo6691
      @danielavalsangiacomo6691 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Thumper-cu6wc rome was the world Back then. so yes. Civilization was rome and rome was civilization.

    • @Thumper-cu6wc
      @Thumper-cu6wc Před 3 lety +1

      @@danielavalsangiacomo6691
      Rome stole everyhing.

    • @hououinkyouma3864
      @hououinkyouma3864 Před 3 lety +8

      @@Thumper-cu6wc
      Not stole. CONQUERED. All is fair in warfare.

  • @brivonn5222
    @brivonn5222 Před 4 lety +3

    Wow what an awesome channel! I just discovered it today and watched a few episodes already. Very informative and detailing and I love how you took your time and dedication to provide us with some very useful info and resources. Keep up the good work!

  • @andrewlambert7246
    @andrewlambert7246 Před 2 lety +2

    Impressive wall by any standards!

  • @rosariofurtadoleite9604
    @rosariofurtadoleite9604 Před 4 lety +7

    Hadrian was IMO the greatest Roman Emperor. He was a man ahead of his time. He is the father of the greco-roman civilization.

  • @paulabarra5431
    @paulabarra5431 Před 2 lety +2

    I love Hadrian. I believed he is one of the most complex Roman emperor. I love his genius mind, and he was a very educated man. He took his time to get to know his people. He was smart and careful about his moves and often option for Democratic and non confrontational ways of dealing with border hostilities. He saved the Roman Empire men and coin.
    the only thing I do not like is that he is part to blame for the conflict between the Palestinian and the Israeli.
    Also I felt bad for Hadrian that after spending all his live since he was wedded to run away from his wife they still buried her next to him.

  • @josephsmith6777
    @josephsmith6777 Před 4 lety +1

    Hes def in the top 5 ceaserss

  • @ldhmnh
    @ldhmnh Před 4 lety

    Good voice to take naps to

  • @alexandercarder2281
    @alexandercarder2281 Před 4 lety +5

    He built Hadrians wall

  • @jasonnaimie5465
    @jasonnaimie5465 Před 7 měsíci

    Hadrian was in the top 5 of the greatness of Roman emperors. second to emperor Augustus. Had the other emperors followed Augustus advice after the 9AD event, the roman empire might have lasted a lot longer than it did. great video

  • @stefansoder6903
    @stefansoder6903 Před 4 lety +7

    This is excellent! Thank you! But why such a hurry when talking? You speak too fast and the pronunciation of foreign names and places are very hard to understand.

    • @christopherbawden8714
      @christopherbawden8714 Před 4 lety +6

      Hello narrator here
      It's something that I, as an artist who is still honing my craft, will try to improve on. Sadly my Pronunciation and speed need a little tweaking and refining so hope you can forgive it and still enjoy the content! ☺️

  • @therearenoshortcuts9868
    @therearenoshortcuts9868 Před 3 lety +1

    I thought the title said:
    Hadrian - From Pantheon to Patreon

  • @dataadam8638
    @dataadam8638 Před 4 lety +3

    i loved the voice! supercool!

  • @daidsingszutu5728
    @daidsingszutu5728 Před 19 dny

    Emperor Hadrian is definitely one of the great rulers of human history.

  • @Jeffcoaster
    @Jeffcoaster Před 3 lety

    Nice video... but isn't that a painting of Catiline at 4:03? That's not Hadrian.

  • @mboyd692
    @mboyd692 Před rokem

    Excellent biography

  • @stephenparker4083
    @stephenparker4083 Před 8 měsíci

    For a sense of Hadrian from inside his skin, read The Memoirs of Hadrian by Margeurite Youcenar, published in the mid-1950’s.

  • @simpicusmaximus
    @simpicusmaximus Před 3 lety +17

    Hadrian's only mistake was not wiping Judea off the map

    • @anja1627
      @anja1627 Před 3 lety +6

      Why do you hate the Jews so much? What did they even do to you? 🙄

    • @asukafag1629
      @asukafag1629 Před 3 lety +2

      He did it in a certain way lmao

    • @graccusbro2061
      @graccusbro2061 Před 3 lety +3

      @@asukafag1629 >Syria Palestina

  • @NickVenture1
    @NickVenture1 Před 2 lety +3

    This Emperor did not live long enough. 25 years more of his reign would have been better.

  • @101SEAL
    @101SEAL Před 6 měsíci

    He sailed for Judea, followed by 12 legions.

  • @rabbisenpaisteingoyimman5572

    Hadrian did nothing wrong

    • @freckleheckler6311
      @freckleheckler6311 Před 3 lety

      Lmfao what’s this a reference for? And why does Hadrian receive it?

    • @EternalEmperorofZakuul
      @EternalEmperorofZakuul Před rokem

      ​@@freckleheckler6311 fyu the bar kokba revolt that Hadrian later suppressed and destroyed Judea

  • @grampajim1595
    @grampajim1595 Před rokem

    Hadrian was a great ruler; he provided stability and prosperity for the vast
    majority of Rome's various peoples. His idea of consolidating the current
    borders resulted in decades of peace and prosperity after his death, only
    ending with the calamitous rule of Commodus.

  • @CissyBrazil
    @CissyBrazil Před 4 lety +9

    Never seen this before on a man, but his beard reaches around to the hair on back of neck. Sideburns are non existent. Lol.

    • @suspicionofdeceit
      @suspicionofdeceit Před 4 lety +1

      Cissy Brazil Its an amazing style, must be the olive oil.

    • @rodneymeeks4166
      @rodneymeeks4166 Před 4 lety +1

      I know, I’m thinking about bringing it back! 🙉

    • @trevorfuson715
      @trevorfuson715 Před 4 lety +1

      Damn hipsters !!Even in Rome...

    • @raymondkisner9240
      @raymondkisner9240 Před 4 lety

      Hey he was the first modern hippie! Peace love and all the free love you can have!

  • @hanzohasashi6341
    @hanzohasashi6341 Před 21 dnem

    hadrian before he became an emperor , was praefectus of athens... when he visited the city as an emperor , a huge marble gate (known as gate of hadrian, which still stands tall) was built to honour him !

  • @BradyReese
    @BradyReese Před rokem +5

    Hadrian almost saved the world 🌎

  • @TheMontanakat
    @TheMontanakat Před 25 dny

    His wall still stands.

  • @akuleet6029
    @akuleet6029 Před rokem

    14:00 The betrayer Scorilo showed the Romans where the gold was hidden. Decebalus deviated the course of a river and hid the gold underneath then killed the workers*(which weren't Dacian) to keep it secret.

  • @tiberiudavidstingu9732
    @tiberiudavidstingu9732 Před 3 lety +1

    This Hadrian is ❤💛💙

  • @sir.fuentes7642
    @sir.fuentes7642 Před 3 lety +1

    Italica, Spain.

  • @jacerivera7907
    @jacerivera7907 Před 4 lety +8

    I didn't know that Hadrian was a homosexual lmao

    • @sir.fuentes7642
      @sir.fuentes7642 Před 4 lety +3

      Jace Rivera So was Alexander The Great.

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 Před 4 lety +1

      Sir. Fuentes So was Caesar!!

    • @sir.fuentes7642
      @sir.fuentes7642 Před 4 lety +7

      @@SpartanLeonidas1821 I think they all were. There was no stigma attached to people's sexuality in Rome nor Greece back then.

    • @CeridwenLynne
      @CeridwenLynne Před 4 lety +10

      He may or may not have been homosexual . Back in Ancient Rome men sometimes took on younger male lovers or companions even if they were married and had a family. It wasn't considered wrong or taboo to do so.

    • @mq7447
      @mq7447 Před 3 lety

      HELLAS59 I doubt Caesar was gay

  • @jaylockwood5030
    @jaylockwood5030 Před 3 lety +1

    Pennywise the clown spotted 10:10 time travelling

  • @hadrianjohnstone6578
    @hadrianjohnstone6578 Před 2 lety

    He was a product of his environment and as is common knowledge shows absolute power corrupts absolutely you cannot judge a person only their action's and the reason for their actions..

  • @BalkanMode
    @BalkanMode Před rokem

    Did Spain and Spanish exist in 76 AD? Did Hadrian’s “Spanish” mother speak Spanish?

  • @jaybirdsf
    @jaybirdsf Před 4 lety +3

    This documentary says that Hadrian was born on January 10. Every source I've found cites his birthday as January 24. Are you trying to confuse me?

  • @trumpthemessiah1238
    @trumpthemessiah1238 Před 3 lety

    has there been a movie made out of this story? I would like to watch it please

  • @wetteefun
    @wetteefun Před 2 lety

    Imagine what a lucky bastard Antinoös must have been to get such a powerful and handsome daddy!

  • @rainwellwisher7075
    @rainwellwisher7075 Před 3 lety

    Hadrian and seven sleepers of mount Angeles.

  • @johni9073
    @johni9073 Před 4 lety +4

    I think you should have mentioned the policy of expelling Jews from Judaea after the Bar Kochba revolt. This was a major feature in the development of the Jewish diaspora and one of the seeds of one of the major problems of the world today, in Middle Eastern and global politics.

    • @johni9073
      @johni9073 Před 3 lety +2

      @Christopher yrump Not what I meant. The important feature was Hadrian's policy decision and this in my view needed mentioning, since it had significant effect on subsequent world history. The people around at the time needed to be clear about priorities. "What did the Romans do for us" stuff, etc. What alternatives were there for more tolerance about religion? Any? But too often, such thinking is not just beyond the ability of fanatics, but deemed by many of them as taboo. After all, extreme nationalism is not about "thinking", but about "feeling". And if you "feel" the wrong feeling, then you're out.

    • @johni9073
      @johni9073 Před 3 lety

      @c r I'm not laying blame on anyone on any side. I'm pointing out an important historical consequence of Hadrian's policy that hasn't been developed in the video. I understand nationalism to be mainly about emotion - you need to "feel" national, much more than reason your identity. In this, religion is a major feature, whatever that religion is. (So too is common language, though that's more rational, considering the importance of communication). However, in matters linguistic, Latin failed in the eastern part of the Empire, where things remained Greek, with local languages around too. Hadrian was of course, very well known for his flamboyant philhellenism. The move under the Antonines that Hadrian seems to have initiated, that got formalised under Caracalla, and that I see as really important, is the changed conceptualisation of citizenship, in at least legal terms, if perhaps not clearly practical ones. Caracalla of course, is often given base motives about wanting to increase the tax base for military adventuring, and that's credible. But there also seems to have been a real, political motivation too. Apparently, he was well educated, not stupid, if brutish, and had a mum who was highly interested in developing ideas about governance. The Constitutio antoniniana seems in many ways to have been an intellectual culmination and turning point, starting out as a major development in thinking about citizenship under Hadrian.

    • @johni9073
      @johni9073 Před 3 lety +1

      @c r I don't agree. This is NOT about "Jewish exceptionalism", It's a point that Hadrian's policy fed a diaspora movement that has had serious repercussions ever since, right up to the present day. It's nothing to do with claims to validity for a "Jewish homeland". It's all to do with "ethnic cleansings" as political policy whose consequences remain a source of serious conflict.
      When and where exactly have I "demand[ed] consideration of a "Jewish case" as "exceptional"? Please read more carefully what I have posted for you.
      I'd add that Caracalla seems to have been exceptionally harsh in his treatment of Alexandrians in Egypt. For what major reasons seems to be very unclear: party political? racist? anger? or a whole range of other possibilities. We just don't know, though some historical sources interpret his motives as personal pique at feeling criticised and unloved.

    • @thesolantor8624
      @thesolantor8624 Před 3 lety

      @c r they revolts were sparked from continuous oppression from the romans which lead to an uproar of violence. It's difficult to say who exactly started it, but it definitely isn't one sided.

  • @pavelavietor1
    @pavelavietor1 Před 3 lety +3

    Hello TRAYANO , HADRIANO , JUSTICIANO. THE MUST INFLUENTIAL IBERIANS. SALUDOS TO ALL THE IBERIANS ON THE PLANET

  • @tiberiudavidstingu9732
    @tiberiudavidstingu9732 Před 3 lety +1

    This Hadrian look like a Dacian😄

  • @alexandercarder2281
    @alexandercarder2281 Před 4 lety +1

    He looks like Leonardos from 300 and he built Hadrians wall.

  • @a7md707
    @a7md707 Před 3 lety +1

    What thumbnail is that? A backneck beard?

  • @jeffgould3201
    @jeffgould3201 Před 4 lety +4

    Fuckin great biography!!

  • @pauljohansson363kagy5
    @pauljohansson363kagy5 Před 4 lety +5

    Animula, vagula, blandula
    Hospes comesque corporis
    Quae nunc abibis in loca
    Pallidula, rigida, nudula
    Nec, ut soles, dabis iocos.

  • @amuktadir1991
    @amuktadir1991 Před rokem

    Britain,with a game.

  • @danicornea
    @danicornea Před 3 lety

    Sorry folks...The Map of Roman Empire isn't acurrate...Simply because Emperor Trajan did not conquered 100% of King's Decebalus Kingdom of Dacia in 106 ad...only 1/3 rd of it...so you have to adjust it ...Kingdom of Dacia is nowaday Romania....Free dacians remained outside of roman dacian province....in 275 ad Emperor Aurelianus had left this province withdrowing south of Istros( Danube ) river which became the border of Rome with dacians for the next centuries until 476 ad when Roman Empire collapsed....

  • @BlueMoonCircus
    @BlueMoonCircus Před 3 lety

    Is this narrator’s voice real?

  • @Halfdanr_H
    @Halfdanr_H Před 4 lety +1

    A great summation of Hadrian’s life. I’ve one criticism to offer: Decebalus is pronounced with a hard C. I appreciate you’re not using Classical Latin pronunciations for other names, but this one was very jarring to hear with the soft C.

  • @MrVInJV
    @MrVInJV Před 4 lety +2

    Time and resources.

  • @talrulez
    @talrulez Před rokem

    "He was a hero, he called for freedom
    All the (Jews) people loved him, Bar Kochva is a hero!"

  • @desertfox8583
    @desertfox8583 Před 3 lety

    Previous to Hadrian's wall there were other 2 made of timber. Brits like to brat a lot about that the North of Scotland wasn't taken cause of the strength of their tribes, this is nothing further than the truth. Scotland wasn't completely taken cause the empire was already huge and there weren't enough legions to guard its frontiers.

    • @grampajim1595
      @grampajim1595 Před rokem +1

      I kinda think that Hadrian saw Scotland as a very poor place with particularly
      stubborn people .. today's cost vs benefit analysis, and [correctly] concluded
      that Scotland was not worth invading.

    • @desertfox8583
      @desertfox8583 Před rokem

      @@grampajim1595 You are right. I couldn't agree with you more.

  • @Hadori-kun
    @Hadori-kun Před 3 lety +1

    why is this person copying my name

  • @cej4673
    @cej4673 Před 3 lety +1

    Why is it so fast? This guy talks like a machine gun

  • @SmkeDatKush
    @SmkeDatKush Před 4 lety

    Klay Thompson!

  • @henrikrolfsen584
    @henrikrolfsen584 Před rokem +1

    The greatest of Rome's Builders. And what made him even greater? Women had absolutely no power over him. Hadrian much preferred the frim smooth bodies of teenage boys.

  • @eurtunwagens2359
    @eurtunwagens2359 Před 18 dny

    Strange person. So many contradictions ! But, the prosperity of the most people always prevails: the historian said: "He never, willingly, started a war". That is enough, for me, to count him, in the good guys.

  • @robertparker4912
    @robertparker4912 Před 4 lety +2

    Hadrian built the Parthenon plus many others all over the world.

    • @torbjrnlund903
      @torbjrnlund903 Před 4 lety +3

      Pantheon, not Partenon.

    • @torbjrnlund903
      @torbjrnlund903 Před 3 lety +1

      @Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus Caesar The Parthenon was built about 500 years before Hadrian was born. Hadrian was born in the year 76 AD. The Partenon in Athen Greece was constructed about the year 447 BC. and the building was substantially completed by 432 BC. It was built under the general supervision of the artist Phidias, and architects were Ictinos and Callicrates.
      The original Pantheon was built during the reign of Augustus. It was destroyed along with other buildings in a huge fire in the year 80 AD. Domitian rebuilt the Pantheon, which was burnt again in 110 AD, however it was rebuilt by Trajan and Hadrian. The Historia Augusta says that Hadrian dedicated the Pantheon (among other buildings) in the name of the original builder, thus the inscription of the building says it was built by Agrippa.

    • @torbjrnlund903
      @torbjrnlund903 Před 3 lety

      @Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus Caesar
      "Why do you talk of me in the third person?" - Well, I thought that was the norm, your Highness. That you get forgetful in such an old age is understandable and forgivable. It's probably Alzheimer's disease.

  • @johnrichardson7310
    @johnrichardson7310 Před 4 lety +1

    Question why did roman emperor's take a wife if it's was know that the emperor was bisexual or gay? I just curious because Hadrian seem more stable headed and wise than other roman emperor's.

    • @rogerpropes7129
      @rogerpropes7129 Před 3 lety +10

      In pre-Christian Greece and Rome marriage was a political and economic business arrangement, designed to produce children and leave the man, and sometimes the woman, to enjoy adulterous lovers, courtesans and whores, boys, and slaves of both sexes. Heterosexual monogamous marriage only filtered into their society and ours from the Christians, for better or worse, and they had no hang-ups about bisexuality, natural in humans.
      What is more curious to me is how they found time to do anything except carve and sculpture in stone?

    • @johnrichardson7310
      @johnrichardson7310 Před 3 lety

      @@rogerpropes7129 they have did artists in Rome and Italy. All you need to do is think about the subject and start sculpting! There was at times when the Roman Empire was at peace!

    • @rogerpropes7129
      @rogerpropes7129 Před 3 lety

      @c r Can you shed any light on the Greek words that became the English term 'the virgin Mary'?

    • @rogerpropes7129
      @rogerpropes7129 Před 3 lety +1

      @c r (Athena Parthenos=the Parthenon.) I am 76, raised as a Baptist but no longer religious. From a quick re-reading of the Gospels' accounts of Jesus' birth it seems that only Matthew uses the word 'virgin' in the KJV, the rest make no reference at all to her virginity, simply that she was 'with child'. I have long suspected that she was first described as a 'maiden', for which the German cognate is 'Madchen/Madel', and 'virgin' is 'Jungfrau', which is just 'young woman' The English language has a very recent origin, a thousand years after the Gospels were written. Very much is obviously lost in translation.

    • @lalexander1144
      @lalexander1144 Před 2 lety

      All marriages were political/money/family oriented back then. It was less about the two people involved and more about how the family would prosper. For Hadrian, it made his ties to Trajan's family that much more solid. For the record, Trajan was also likely gay...though he and his wife had a very happy platonic marriage. They became close friends.

  • @starwarsfannumber
    @starwarsfannumber Před 2 lety

    Funny how they said they could take Ireland with one legion and they run into Dal ratia inhabitants in Ireland and Scotland and handrains wall was built and that was one galeic tribe and Irish raided England France and even Rome itself lol. THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS. plus Rome calling then Scott's is bullshit they called them picts and Gail's it a dal ratia pic alliance that formed that islands first unfied front alba with dal ratia king married to Egyptian princess Scotia. And there not looking to hard its king tuts missing sister case jn point a burial waring the same as king tut was buried in being found in Ireland plus Scotia is Buried in Ireland

  • @phill8005
    @phill8005 Před 3 lety

    We know this is true bc why?

  • @cittaromap4163
    @cittaromap4163 Před 3 lety +1

    Hello Gorgeous

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot Před rokem +2

    Well I know one thing Jews they sure aren't a fan of him.

  • @guderian557
    @guderian557 Před 4 lety +7

    'feet'? 'miles'? Only about 4% of the world's population use those arcane, obsolete units of measurement. If you upload a video to youtube, a global platform, use standard units of measurement!

    • @mrf3969
      @mrf3969 Před 4 lety +3

      Is this seriously your problem? Christ if units of measurement get you so riled up as to comment on a history documentary, then you should maybe check your priorities and see there are much bigger issue's going on in the world than terminology used in a video.

    • @gilesjackson9996
      @gilesjackson9996 Před 4 lety

      Lol Johan,got the metric left hook in there, what units did your forefathers use? 😄

    • @mrf3969
      @mrf3969 Před 3 lety

      @Zeljko Trifunovic nope not a Christian at all and in fact don't believe in an almighty, but seems to me like you go through videos for comments like my previous one to troll? If so, the internet probably isn't the place for you...much worse things that the use of a deity's name to comment on and get riled about, or are the last few months not something on your radar?

    • @guderian557
      @guderian557 Před 3 lety +1

      @c r You would think so at first glance, but the opposite is actually true. There are about 2 billion English speakers world wide, but only about 20% of those would know about 'imperial' or US customary units. So 80% of the English speaking world and 100% of the non-English speaking world use standard units of measurement.

  • @barrysmith6309
    @barrysmith6309 Před 3 lety

    You

  • @jhontolentino4266
    @jhontolentino4266 Před 3 lety +4

    I love antinous

  • @kathleenogrady8459
    @kathleenogrady8459 Před 7 měsíci

    The narrator talks way too fast.

  • @thephilosopherofculture4559

    Fun trivia. In the museum of Vaisson la Romaine in the south of France there is a life-size statue of the lover of Hadrian. In his time and for many centuries after that, this lover (a man) was reputed to have the most attractive butt in the empire ever. Today, lots of women and homosexuals pass by that statue and have a secret, furtive feel of those buttocks. My girlfriend had, too, and urged me to feel them as well. It was an awkward experience to touch, illegally, this fine bun of a worldclass bum. It had become a bit greasy from all those anonymous feel--ups.

  • @benedicttolentino9062
    @benedicttolentino9062 Před 3 lety +1

    What if i am antinous?

  • @tempuraadamsson6905
    @tempuraadamsson6905 Před 28 dny

    Antinous was HOT; Hadrian was too!

  • @petersclafani4370
    @petersclafani4370 Před 3 lety

    Most of the territory conquered was done during the republic.

  • @aquillafleetwood8180
    @aquillafleetwood8180 Před 3 lety

    God used the Roman Empire, which is Daniel 2: 44.....
    God is in control!
    Google, the Northern Cross, by Aquilla Fleetwood, youtube.

  • @josefmaster1188
    @josefmaster1188 Před 3 lety +2

    Trajan was a lot better, hadrian never come close to the trajan's greatness

    • @hououinkyouma3864
      @hououinkyouma3864 Před 3 lety +1

      He did BTFO the jews for centuries so I would say that he did.

  • @dj4rapz
    @dj4rapz Před 3 lety

    Awesome documentary but I can't help but get annoyed by the way the presenter speaks. It's like "10 Fortnire players who swooore".

    • @christopherbawden8714
      @christopherbawden8714 Před 3 lety

      Hi there
      Many apologies for the way my voice comes across in the video's. It's actually quite hard to please everyone as I've had comments ranging from "too fast" to "why so slow?". But fear not viewer, for if my voice does irritate you so much, there are other wonderful documentaries narrated by our other narrator Alex. So if it's not to your liking, there are other alternatives ☺️

  • @sananbinh9260
    @sananbinh9260 Před 3 lety +4

    Hadrian did nothing wrong