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Roman emperor Hadrian in British Museum's latest exhibition
Roman emperor Hadrian in British Museum's latest exhibition
Last Modified: 16 Jul 2008
By:
Nicholas Glass
An exhibition about the Roman emperor Hadrian's reign opens at the British Museum this month with over 200 loans from 31 countries.
Hadrian was a great military administrator, who had the famous wall built across northern England to prevent the Caledonians from mounting raids.
He was openly gay, popularised the beard after years of clean-shaven emperors and championed the arts and architecture across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
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