Making sense of the past 202 decades of Western History one decade at a time. From 1 AD to the present day.
Curated by: 202 Decades (39 videos)
We follow Hadrian as he tours the provinces, visiting more of the empire than any emperor before him. As he went from place to place, he inspected the defenses, drilled the legions, and granted gifts to the cities. Most famously, he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall at the northern edge of the province of Britannia. The central theme of his journeys was a new vision for the Empire. Hadrian saw Rome not as a collection of conquered provinces ruled by the Romans, but as an assembly of peoples and provinces, united by a shared culture in a Roman Commonwealth. (Check out the 202 Decades of Western History Podcast on your podcast app of choice for even more 202 Decades content)