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    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    Scotland, which briefly superseded Hadrian's Wall before being abandoned, was declared a World Heritage Site in 2008.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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    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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    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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    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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