After Hadrian’s death in 138 CE, his son, Emperor Antoninus Pius, assumed power. Around 140 CE he ordered a new defensive wall built further north (in modern-day Scotland), some 100 miles from ...

Hadrian's strategy for a stable succession involved the adoption of Antoninus Pius as his heir, contingent on Antoninus adopting Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as his successors. This adoption ...

Antoninus Pius was the man who gave his name to the Antonine Wall of 142 AD, which runs between the the Rivers Clyde and Forth, extending Roman Britannia north from Hadrian's Wall. The wall was ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...

Hadrian's successor as emperor, Antoninus Pius, pushed the frontier further north to the Forth/ Clyde isthmus and built his own wall, the Antonine Wall. This was built mainly for the prestige of ...

At the beginning of his poetry reading at Harvard last week, Brother Antoninus paced about the stage of Emerson D, glowered at his audience, and remained silent for several minutes. The protracted ...

He focused on peace and prosperity, and Hadrian is known for investing in the arts and architecture throughout his empire. Thus the shape of the gold-coated cap top and cone of the Homage to ...

Stop for a chariot repair? Part of the wall can be seen in front of a garage in Denton Burn Think of Hadrian's Wall and you are likely to envisage sweeping views across a Northumberland crag ...

First published in 1851, the book sparked public interest and scholarly research into Hadrian’s Wall. Next Wednesday, October 2, at 7pm, the Cathedral will host a talk by David Breeze ...

The sections of the tree will be stored in an undisclosed location The Sycamore Gap tree being cut up and removed from its site next to Hadrian's Wall was "like a funeral", a National Trust ...

Menéndez Blanco, Andrés García Sánchez, Jesús Costa-García, José Manuel Fonte, João González-Álvarez, David and Vicente García, Víctor 2020. Following the Roman Army between the Southern Foothills of ...

Hadrian's strategy for a stable succession involved the adoption of Antoninus Pius as his heir, contingent on Antoninus ...