Hadrian's Library was created by Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 132 on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens. The building followed a typical Roman forum...
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Romans as Victoria) that once adorned Hadrian's Library, a large library built in Athens by the Roman Emperor Hadrian (r. 117–138 AD) during the second century...
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Megara Nike of Epidaurus, a temple akroterion Nike (Hadrian's Library), found in Hadrian's Library Nike of Marathon, a modern bronze statue of the goddess...
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Adriana (Tivoli). Digital Hadrian's Villa Project UNESCO: Villa Adriana (Tivoli) Tivoli - Hadrian's Villa Somers. "Hadrian's Villa: A Roman Masterpiece"...
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Scotland, which briefly superseded Hadrian's Wall before being abandoned, was declared a World Heritage Site in 2008. Hadrian's Wall marked the boundary between...
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found at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli. Hadrian's great-nephew, Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator, from Barcino (Barcelona) would become Hadrian's colleague...
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on the square, serves both Line 1 and Line 3 of the Athens Metro. Hadrian's Library Pantanassa church Tsisdarakis Mosque Souvenir shop on Pandrossou Street...
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the existence of an Agoranomion (an office for market officials). Hadrian's Library Schmalz 2009, pp. 79–80. Camp, 2001: 192 Camp, John M. (2001). The...
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determined that the library employed a qualified librarian. Hadrian's Library (Athens) (132 A.D.) It was created by Roman Emperor Hadrian on the north side...
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Library history is a subdiscipline within library science and library and information science focusing on the history of libraries and their role in societies...
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Ancient Greece portal Visual arts portal Athena Nike Victoria Romana (Hadrian's Library) Nike Fixing her Sandal Nike of Paros "Nike of Paionios". Joy of Museums...
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found in Tongeren Gallo-Roman museum, Tongres Victoria Romana from Hadrian's Library, c. 18 BC Roman goddess Victoria in Arretine Ware fragment Victory...
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The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part...
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(Αρχαία Αγορά των Αθηνών) Hadrian's Library, Tower of the Winds in the Roman Agora, Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Arch of Hadrian (Αψίς του Ανδριανού),...
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Antinous (category Hadrian)
lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Following his premature death before his 20th birthday, Antinous was deified on Hadrian's orders, being worshipped in...
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the archaeologists to conduct excavations in the Roman Market and Hadrian’s library. Excavations have been taking place continuously since the 19th century...
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municipality Church of Megali Panagia, a church built on the site of Hadrian's Library in Athens, now in ruins This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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Libraries have been deliberately or accidentally destroyed or badly damaged. Sometimes a library is purposely destroyed as a form of cultural cleansing...
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Biblioteca Marciana (redirect from Library of St Mark's)
Pausanias' description of Hadrian's Library in Athens may have served as an architectural prototype for the Marciana Library in consideration of the columns...
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completed during the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, sometime after Aquila's death. The Library of Celsus is considered an architectural marvel,...
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likely that it was a victory monument. Nike of Megara Victoria Romana (Hadrian's Library) Nike of Epidaurus Alexandra Gulaki. Klassische und Klassizistische...
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Brunswick, New Jersey. The mausoleum of the founder of the Greek National Library Panayis Vagliano at West Norwood Cemetery, London. The 15th-century Torre...
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Marcus Aurelius (section Succession to Hadrian)
emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Marcus was three when his father died, and was raised by his mother and paternal grandfather. After Hadrian's adoptive son, Aelius...
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Pittakis's instigation, the collection was moved to the Stoa of Hadrian in Hadrian's Library; in 1841, it moved again to the office of the Ephor General of...
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Ancient Greece portal Greece portal Visual arts portal Victoria Romana (Hadrian's Library) Nike of Paionios Nike of Paros Nike of Marathon Chisholm, Hugh, ed...
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beyond the Acropolis: the partial excavation and identification of Hadrian's Library by Koumanoudis in 1885–1886, and excavations in the Roman Agora in...
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Greece portal Visual arts portal Nike of Callimachus Victoria Romana (Hadrian's Library) Moscophoros Antenor Kore "Νίκη Σανδαλιζόμενη" [Nike Wearing her Sandal]...
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Paulina (redirect from Paulina (sister of Hadrian))
to Domitia Paulina and praetor Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer. She was Hadrian's eldest sister and only sibling. She was born in Spain, probably born and...
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Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Built some twenty years after Hadrian's Wall to the south, and intended to supersede it, while it was garrisoned...
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although it is more likely that he used one of the columns of the nearby Hadrian's Library. This act led to his dismissal as the Turks considered it a sacrilege...
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