Hadrian enters Rome as Emperor July 9, 118
Hadrian entered Rome as emperor for the first time July 9, 118 CE.
After a long journey from Antioch, through Asia Minor and the Danube provinces, Hadrian finally arrived in Rome on 9 July AD 118, almost a year after his accession to the throne following Trajan’s death in Cilicia. His arrival (adventus) in the capital was celebrated by the Arval Brethren with solemn sacrifices at the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill …
Castel Sant’Angelo (Mausoleum of Hadrian), Rome
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The emperor entered Rome over the Milvian Bridge, a symbol of Rome’s military might dedicated to the triumphant victory over Carthage and later made famous by Constantine’s military victory and his vision of the Cross.
Extensive preparations to welcome the Princeps to the city might have begun months in advance, despite the scandal of the killings of the four consuls (see end of previous post here). As he approached the capital with his army, a welcoming committee, probably consisting of magistrates, senators, equestrians, and other imperial officials, went out to greet the arriving ruler outside the city walls. They escorted him in a long procession down the Via Lata (the urban prolongation of the Via Flaminia and today’s Via del Corso on the east side of which Hadrian was to build insulae), riding past the Mausoleum of Augustus, the Ara Pacis and the Saepta Julia in the Campus Martius, then into the Forum through the Porta Fontinalis before proceeding along the Clivus Capitolinus, the road leading up to the Capitol with the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus at its summit.
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