>"I will build a great wall – and nobody builds walls

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It's a shame that Hadrian only ever seems to get recognition for a wall be really didn't give that much of a shit about when he did so many other things and was generally one of the more interesting emperors of Rome.

>>1404229

I know that was not Hadrian himself that wrote it, but “Memoirs of Hadrian” is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. The prose is at the same time poetic and sober; at the same time straightforward and filled with metaphors and imagery. Sublime.

>>1404221

Hadrian-Trump

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>I will unite all Roman peoples under one vexillum

What did he mean by this?

Hadrian ≠ Trump

Hardian was a boyfucker in love with a youth named Antinous. Was the first (perhaps only?) non-emperor to appear on coinage.

I had a reproduction Antinous coin for several years until I lost it. My life's been shit ever since.

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The British are bringing crime, they're bringing opium, they're rapists. Some I assure are good people. What we need is another great wall around canton and nobody builds walls like the Chinese and we're gonna make the British pay for it.

>>1404229
Rocks stick around.

It's the same reason Egypt gets more attention than any of the other fascinating bronze age cultures.

>>1404814
They're not sending their best.

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> Prince must understand the difference between money and power. Money is a mansion in Milan that gets taken after ten years. Power is an old stone palazzo that stands for centuries.
> One mustn't waste his breath mourning the once close betrayers. Every useful servant of the prince grows up to be overly ambitious. Proximity to power has a tendency to delude people into believing they wield it - this sort of thinking must be crushed in it's infancy.
> It's crucial for the prince to show his good will and loyalty to God as well as position that corresponds to current tendencies, regardless of his true thoughts on the matters - after all, one is nothing more or less that what he chooses to reveal.

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>>1404778
Is this you?

>>1406955
Delete this

>>1404221
*tips long walls to the sea*
Maybe in a couple hundred years kiddo.

>>1404221
>"Picts, I love Picts! But they're killing us at the border, people!"