Temple of Hadrian
Ancient Roman temple with eleven towering Corinthian columns, now embedded in a baroque palazzo.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the Temple of Hadrian in Rome opens with the emperor's death in 138 AD and the Senate's quiet refusal to grant him the divine honors a Roman ruler was owed. It follows his successor Antoninus Pius, who pushed back against that refusal and earned a new name for the fight, and the temple raised seven years later on the Campus Martius. Look up at the eleven towering columns and the scarred wall behind them as you listen for where the marble itself came from.
This audio guide was created using AI.
Similar places
Portico of Octavia
Surviving entrance arch of a vast ancient colonnade dedicated by Augustus to his sister Octavia.
Pantheon
Ancient temple and church holding the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome and Raphael's tomb.
Trajan's Column
Soaring marble column coiled with a carved war frieze, the emperor's ashes sealed in its base.
Roman Forum
Open-air ruin of the ancient world's greatest civic center, home to Caesar's cremation altar.
Mausoleum of Augustus
Circular imperial tomb from the first century BC, the burial site of Roman emperors and their heirs.
Ara Pacis Museum
Roman altar of Augustan peace, with marble imperial procession reliefs, housed in a glass pavilion.