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10. Why do many historians consider Hadrian to have been the "best emperor"?

Many of today’s historians believe that out of all the Roman emperors Hadrian was the greatest. There are many different reasons that Historians consider Hadrian to be the greatest emperor because of his humanistic view upon things and his many famous building projects. During his lifetime Hadrian had constructed many great buildings including the Parthenon, Hadrian’s Wall, and the Temple of Apollo and Roma. The Pantheon was built in 126 AD in Rome, Italy. The word “Pantheon” means to every god. The Pantheon was a temple dedicated to all of the Roman gods. It has the largest unreinforced concrete dome and is decorated with statues of various Roman gods. Another building created by Hadrian was Hadrian’s Wall. Hadrian’s Wall was built in Northern Europe to keep Scottish Barbarians out of the city. The wall is about 120 kilometers long, 20 feet high, and had several forts positioned along it. It stretched from Segedunum all the way to the shores of Solw ay Firth. This wall was important for the defense of the land in Europe that Rome had conquered in. Hadrian is also known as one of the five good emperors of Rome. This is because of his Humanistic views, Hadrian would treat people as equals and let them shape and meaning to their own lives. After reading about Hadrian I feel that he was one of the better Roman emperors and had a positive impact on roman society.