Today in 117AD Hadrian, the adopted son of Trajan, became the new Roman Emperor. Trajan had ruled for nearly twenty years and had enlarged the Empire greatly. Hadrian in his twenty one year rule would be just as good for Rome. He left behind four great building works, which remain today.
The first was to rebuild Agrippa’s Pantheon, adding the 141ft diameter Dome. It has massive bronze doors and now a church, has buried two of Italy’s kings and the artist Raphael amongst others.
On the river Tiber is the Castel San Angelo, another stone dome building, this one built as his own tomb. It has been used as a fortress by more than one Pope when Rome has been threatened. It housed Pope Clement VII when the forces of the (Spanish)Holy Roman Empire sacked the city in 1527. It is well worth a visit if you ever go to Rome. A coffee from the battlements’ cafe’ is a good end to a walk around the military museum it is now.
The third monument is the beautiful Villa at Tivoli.
Lastly is the wall he had constructed in the North of England to keep out those pesky Picts(Scots). It was 15ft high and stretched 73 miles from coast tocoast and there was a fort every five miles.
Hadrian had been unwell for some time and despite seeking death and requesting it of his adopted son Pius, who refused to aid him, he died aged 62 in his villa at Baie on the Bay of Naples.
Today in History….Stanislav Petrov: The man who may have saved the world
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Thank God for his common sense and good judgement.
I read the news article, thank you Malachi. -
It wasn’t the first and the last incident on Russian side, also on the side of the U.S. .
Sometimes it looks like little kids playing with toys, Dad def. told 'em not to play with and they do it just for fun!Question is ,is it good to know everything?? 8-)
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It would have helped if I had pasted the BBC link in I had intended. To make up for this oversight I am supplying a second link.
I love Brit tabloids……
The Register is a tech news site that covers many stories from a rather different angle, love it!
aequitas et veritas…
I wonder if anybody will be as offended from your reply this time as they were last time? Not that I find anything offensive with it :-)
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Let’s see MrMalachiCrunch :-D, nice post by the way.
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How are you Aequitas? Did you find any people with whom to play A&A, or is your new home town a barren wilderness for players? I hope not, of course.
By the way, one of the best lines ever in a British comedy is from Fawlty Towers(1970s) with John Cleese and Andrew Sachs:
"I know nothing! "
It is a good policy. Just like:“Deny everything Baldrick” ( from Black adder goes Forth).I wonder Malachi if you have watched either comedy.
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I know what call I would have made.
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@wittmann:
How are you Aequitas? Did you find any people with whom to play A&A, or is your new home town a barren wilderness for players? I hope not, of course.
I’m fine, can’t complain except for the bombs they find every now and then in the town I live.
It is like a barren wilderness unfortunately, so for now I still deal with Sports, like Soccer. -
That is annoying for you.
As annoying as Fiorentina being one up to Inter in Milan, then losing 2-1. I hate Inter!
Am going to Florence in 3 weeks and Juventus are visiting us. I hope to find a ticket
as I have not seen a Fiorentina-Juve game at Home for 15 years. -
I think you are going to have blast and hope you will get tickets!…
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@rjpeters70:
@aequitas:
It wasn’t the first and the last incident on Russian side, also on the side of the U.S. .
Sometimes it looks like little kids playing with toys, Dad def. told 'em not to play with and they do it just for fun!Question is ,is it good to know everything?? 8-)
Aequitas: I ask again, what do you mean by little kids playing with toys? Who is the ‘Daddy,’ and why do you really think nations build nuclear weapons for fun?
Oh almost forgot, but as I recall it correctly then you answered it allready your self.
Seriously, we have 6,000 years of human history without nuclear weapons
Let us not sway away from this Topic… :-)
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Amazing story.
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