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“A fascinating insight into the mind of the Roman emperor.”—Sunday Telegraph (London)

Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt vividly recounts Hadrian’s thrilling life, in which the emperor brings a century of disorder and costly warfare to a peaceful conclusion while demonstrating how a monarchy can be compatible with good governance.

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Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome by Anthony Everitt Book Review

Name: T. Graczewski
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A "poor man's Augustus" (or the "good Nero")
Date: Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2011
Review: It is impossible to pinpoint the high watermark of the Roman Empire, but one could make a strong argument for the reign of Hadrian (117-138 AD). His long, sober and steady leadership was a conscious emulation of Augustus, the first and arguably greatest Caesar - modest, congenial and wise.

Just as Hadrian was a worthy, but unequal successor to Augustus, so too is this biography, coming on the heels of Everitt's popular biography of the Princeps. The writing is as compelling as ever, but the lacunae in the historical record hamper the tightness of the narrative. I suppose there is nothing Everitt can do about that. But his attempt to fill in the blanks reminded me of another phenomenal biography of an ancient great where fact and myth blend into a foggy concoction: Robin Lane Fox's "Alexander the Great."

There is little doubt that Hadrian's reign was a watershed. Although he guided the empire for a generation, his entire career, Everitt suggests, was defined by decisions made at the very outset: dropping the conquests of Trajan in the East; consolidating the borders of the realm; and his bloody move against the four ex-consuls.

I found Hadrian's role in reforming the army to be particularly interesting. He recognized the importance of training, discipline and morale in a world where war was actively avoided, precisely the areas of deficiency often attributed to the fall of Rome in the fifth century. It all reminded me a bit of Dwight Eisenhower as president in the 1950s: a soldier's soldier who counseled restraint and retrenchment in the face of foreign threats, who was adulated by the troops yet reviled by the civilian, Chickenhawk elites.

Everitt makes much of Hadrian's lifelong fascination with the occult. At an early age, a relative told him that he had foreseen that Hadrian would one day be emperor; a vision that could have easily been fatal had it spread beyond his close family circle and one that possibly guided his entire life. Hadrian was, like Nero, a philhellene. He made wearing a beard fashionable. He loved architecture and was something of a dilettante in that field, contributing directly (how much no one knows) to the design of his sprawling estate at Tivoli and the Pantheon, arguably the greatest and most enduring monument to his reign. His commitment to the dark arts drew him to participate regularly in the Mysteries of Elysisus, likely another formative influence later in life.

Perhaps most significantly, Everitt suggests that this faith in "magic" explains the mysterious death of the emperor's beloved homosexual partner, Antinous, by drowning in the Nile in 130 AD. He writes that it is quite possible that Antonius was offered up - either voluntarily or without his foreknowledge - as a sacrifice to save Hadrian, who had been plagued by various physical ailments for years, afflictions so ably reconstructed in Yourcenar's "Memoirs of Hadrian." He writes boldly: "Hadrian had believed that the death of Antinous would cure him of his chronic ailment." Everitt notes that the circumstances around Antonius'death are unknown and on the surface are rather suspicious. It is highly unlikely that a young man of Antinous' health and importance could have accidently drowned in the Nile with no one seeing it. Moreover, the Nile supposedly held magical qualities; it was believed that non-suicide deaths in the great river led to immediate deification. The author further notes that Hadrian made Antinous a god immediately upon his death without consulting the Senate. It was one thing to deify royal family and emperors -but the boyfriend of an emperor hailing from Bithynia on the remote coast of the Black Sea? Interestingly, the cult of Antinous grew in his death. Thousands of statues and temples were cut to his likeness. At one point, Everitt says, he rivaled Jesus Christ in his following.

Hadrian had many enemies, but few were as vexing as the great Jewish freedom fighter, Simon Bar Kokhba. After spending a year in southern Afghanistan and absorbing myself in the cruel realities of counterinsurgency, this aspect of Hadrian's narrative resonated deeply with me

The Jewish revolt broke out in 132, driven by the Roman ban on circumcision and the building of the Aelia Capitolina in Jerusalem, acts that were part of the larger effort to Hellenize Judea, a pet project of Hadrian's. The Jewish insurgency - and that's what Everitt calls it, noting that the Jews used a complex system of tunnels just like the Viet Cong - was at first successful, at least outside Jerusalem, where the legions were defeated and for three years a new Judea emerged, independent and free. Hadrian sent his very best general, Julius Severus, all the way from Britain to deal with the revolt and gave him as any as 12 legions to finish the job, an overwhelming force that succeeded with brutal efficiency in massive clear and hold operations. Bar Kokhba was defeated; his head literally brought to Hadrian. The Jews were removed from Judea, pagan shrines built over their temples, Mosaic law forbidden, the province of Judea formally abolished and folded into a new province known as Syria Palestina - the first time the name Palestine was employed. In a sense, Everitt says, this sweeping victory was a defeat for Hadrian. He aimed to recruit imperial leadership from the provinces, but the Jews refused and a veritable genocide was the result. If Hadrian's policy of imperial incorporation was unsuccessful, it was clear that the army's method of annihilation was not.

In summary, Everitt writes that Hadrian was never truly popular and always struggled with the Senate and elites, a tense relationship that bordered on Domitian-like hostility, especially at the beginning and end of his tenure with the executions of the four ex-consuls and his great nephew and his brother-in-law, Servianus, respectively (and possibly his estranged wife, Sabina, at the end). His work to improve the training and discipline of the legions was successful and stands as a powerful legacy. His policy of imperial non-aggression was wise, if unpopular. His attempt at pan Hellenism was more mixed and reaction it engendered among the Jewish community initiated the greatest crisis of his reign and demonstrated that in the end the power the empire rested only on physical force. "Despite his defects of character, Hadrian meant well," Everitt charitably concludes.

"Hadrian" doesn't live up to the standard of "Cicero" or "Augustus," but it is an engaging biography and serves as a fantastic preparatory reading for Marguerite Youcenar's "Memoirs of Hadrian." It's highly recommended for any "weekend classicist."

Name: Joseph Rochetto
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: More about the life and times
Date: Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2009
Review: This book is more about the Life and Times of the emperor Hadrian that an actual biography. Except for what is known in the offical records of the emperors and some biographies written back then very little concrete facts seem to be known about Hadrian. So what we get are many suppositions from the author as to what Hadrian may have been doing at various stages of his life. But the customs and mores of contemporary society are well discussed. Many important matters such as whom Hadrian may have been responsible for assassinating, and for what purpose, can only be speculated upon. Too bad because in some instances it spells the difference as to whether Hadrian was one of the insane, maniacal emperors or merely your typical autocrat. Nonetheless this is an enjoyable and very readable overview of Roman life in the early Second Century, a period not nearly as well explored as the First century AD, which any history buff should enjoy.

Hadrian's reign marks an important point in the long history of Rome. He falls in the middle of Rome's Silver Age better known as the "five good emperors" of the second century. He marks the apex of Roman rule as it is he who permanently set the boundaries of the empire and established the policy of no further expansion. After him began the long, slow decline. He was a skilled general and superb builder, personally designing many of structures built to glorify Rome and her gods at that time. A homosexual, he is a good study and role model for those who would support our current debate on gays in the military. His love for the youth Antonus is discussed in detail. His devotion to Antonus and his commissioning of numerous sculptures of him led to this young man becoming more or less the ideal of male beauty for the next fourteen hundred years until Michaelangelo changed the ideal with his sculpture of David.

Name: Mike Dillemuth
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent History of Lesser Known Emperor
Date: Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2012
Review: All in all, this is a pretty good book. The author, however, covered more than just Hadrian. The first half discusses the preceding Roman emperors. The Emperor Trajan is covered in some detail as this was also the period when Hadrian was moving up the political ranks.

The second half is much more focused on Hadrian. There is, however, a fair amount of speculation on certain events. This is likely due to a lack of source material. The author is quick to point out what is known and what is unknown. For example, Hadrian is believed to have taken a young boy named Antinous as a lover and companion. The boy subsequently drowned in Egypt but the available sources are in conflict over the circumstances of his death. Antinous may have died in an accident or he may have been deliberately sacrificed in a ritual designed to prolong Hadrian's life.

The author does an excellent job of documenting his research. The book is 327 pages long, not counting sources, notes, and an index. It has a detailed chronology and several photographs of statues and monuments. It also contains two maps, one of the Roman Empire and one of Greece. These maps are helpful in orienting the reader to various cities and sites that are referenced in the narrative.

Bottom line: this book is an easy read that moves quickly. Of note, however, is that a little more than half the text is focused on Hadrian. The author spends an equal amount of time on preceding emperors and Roman life in the 2nd century. Given the lack of primary sources, the author did a pretty good job of covering this emperor who is mostly known for building a wall in Britain.