Hadrian (born January 24, 76 ce —died July 10, 138, Baiae [Baia], near Naples [Italy]) was a Roman emperor (117–138 ce), the emperor Trajan ’s cousin and successor, who was a cultivated admirer of Greek civilization and who unified and consolidated Rome’s vast empire. He was the third of the so-called Five Good Emperors.

Who Was Hadrian? Hadrian (wordily known as Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus) was the Roman Emperor between 117 and 138 CE. He was the third of what were dubbed the ‘Five Good Emperors’, those who presided over and perhaps caused the glory days of the Roman Empire.