Hadrian — The Gay Roman Emperor

Hadrian was deeply in love with beautiful Antinous

Peter Preskar
Lessons from History
4 min readFeb 13, 2021

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Hadrian is considered one of the Five Good Roman Emperors by historians. In Roman history, he belongs to the group of elite emperors such as Trajan and Augustus.

He was a good ruler who dedicated his life to the strengthening of the enormous Roman Empire. He built walls and he fortified borders with…

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