| Hadrian himself had worshipped at the ancient shrine of the Eleusinian mysteries in Greece and a variety of mystery religions became respectable and accepted. |
| The first two are images of Hadrian and a detail of the gorgoneion, the third is of Septimus Severus. |
| When Hadrian died soon thereafter, Antoninus succeeded and induced a reluctant Senate to deify the deceased emperor. |
| It is improbable that when completed by Hadrian any portion of the temple was hypaethral. |
| With Hadrian we see the first steps toward a system of frontier garrison troops, permanently stationed, along with a field army that gets moved from one hot spot to another. |
| Hadrian was also known for building a wall to defend Roman Britain from the Scottish Picts to the North. |
