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081- The Greekling

The History of Rome

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Hadrian Is Already the New Emperor, Deal With It

Publius alius hadrionus was born on january 20 fourth 76 a d into a spanish italian family of senatorial rank. There is some disagreement about whether he was born in his home town of italica, near modern day seville,. But i tend to go with the former, even if there's no real proof of it one way or the other. Hadrian's father was a well regarded senator, like his neighbor and cousin, marcus opius traanus, the future emperor trajan the elder.

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