A Brief History of Hadrian's Conquest of Syria

After his tour of greece hadrian followed trajan east in one 14, and at least for the early part of the new campaign. He was likely attached to trajan's staff, as cassius dio mentions, that he shared in the day to day activities of the emperor. And in one 17 hadrian was finally given an independent command, and not just any command, but the governorship of syria. The promotion could not have come at a better time - Trajan was entering his final year in office, and the issue of succession was about to rear its ugly head.