Hadrian

American  

[hey-dree-uhn] / ˈheɪ dri ən /

noun

1. Publius Aelius Hadrianus, a.d. 76–138, Roman emperor 117–138.

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Hadrian British  

/ ˈheɪdrɪən /

noun

1. Latin name Publius Aelius Hadrianus. 76–138 _ad , Roman emperor (117–138); adopted son and successor of Trajan. He travelled throughout the Roman Empire, strengthening its frontiers and encouraging learning and architecture, and in Rome he reorganized the army and codified Roman law

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Example Sentences

Roman armies streamed north from Hadrian’s Wall, scarring the landscape with their huge camps.

From The Wall Street Journal

The tree, which had stood in a dip along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland since the 1800s, was cut down by two men from Cumbria in September 2023.

From BBC

Hadrian builds precision component factories that help space manufacturers get the parts they need 10 times as fast at 1/20th of the cost.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of Erebor’s prospective clients is Hadrian, an advanced manufacturing company.

From The Wall Street Journal

After crushing a Jewish revolt in the second century, Emperor Hadrian sought to sever the Jewish connection to the land by renaming the province “Syria Palaestina”—a name derived from the long-vanished Philistines.

From The Wall Street Journal