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Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
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Hadrian (Latin: Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus 24 January, 76 AD - 10 July, 138 AD), was Roman Emperor from 117 to 138. He is best known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Roman Britain. 
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New research through aerial surveys has suggested that Hadrians Wall in England, which is a 73-mile long Roman wall, built in AD 122, to defend the Roman Empire from hostile Celtic tribes, created a thriving economy to serve the occupying army.
According to a report in the Telegraph, the research was carried out by English Heritage.

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A new survey of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site has revealed over 2,700 previously unrecorded historic features, including prehistoric burial mounds, medieval sheep farms and 19th century lead mines.
The survey, based on 30,500 aerial photographs taken in the last 60 years has mapped the entire World Heritage Site, placing the Roman fortification within a historic landscape that stretches from the Neolithic period to the Cold War.

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Northumberland's Hadrian's Wall will receive £4m funding, the Heritage Lottery Fund has announced.
The site will use the £4m to build an education centre and new galleries for displaying ancient artefacts.
The Vindolanda Trust, the archaeological body in charge of the project, will also release a collection of items which have never been displayed before.

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The hulking great highlight of the Hadrian exhibition opening this week at the British Museum is a mammoth head of the emperor. Excavated in Turkey last year, it has never been shown to the public before.
You can make out not only his beard - he was the first Roman emperor to sport this Hellenistic look - but also his creased earlobes, a curious genetic giveaway to the heart condition that killed him at the age of 62, in 138AD.

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 A statue of Roman emperor Hadrian showing the ruthless rulers softer side has been exposed as a fake.
The sculpture has been a star exhibit at the British Museum in London since the 1860s and shows Hadrian the man behind our regions most historic landmark, Hadrians Wall as a gentle, philosophical man in flowing robes, and was believed to prove the great leaders love for Greek culture and customs.

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It took him nigh on 2,000 years, but Hadrian, the Roman emperor, has finally returned to inspect his legacy the he built to consolidate the borders of his empire and to control the troublesome Scots.
A priceless bronze head of Hadrian, one and a quarter times lifesize, which was recovered from the Thames in 1834 where it had lain preserved by silt, has been installed at Wallsend. It was accompanied on its historic return by Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum, where it will star in this summers exhibition Hadrian: Empire and Conflict.

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