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Mausoleum Hadriani

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott, jfu

Last modified Oct 31, 2024 11:13 AM — History

Mausoleum Hadriani (now Castel Sant'Angelo) located on the right bank of the Tiber River was an imperial mausoleum built by Hadrian between 134 and 139 CE. It continued as a tomb for subsequent emperors through to Caracalla, who died in 217 CE. By 401 the tomb had become a fortress with Honorius incorporating it into the line of the Aurelianic walls. During Alaric's sacking of Rome in 410 the mausoleum was looted and the ash urns dispersed. Procopius describes the destruction of the tomb's bronze statuary in 537. By the fourteenth century, the mausoleum had become a papal fortress. At one point, a fortified corridor known as Passetto di Borgo connected the fortress to St. Peter's Basilica.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/334776904

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.9030391469, 12.4663606233

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Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Mauseoleum of Hadrian (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Hadrian's mole (English, unspecified date range)
- Mausoleum Hadriani (Latin, unspecified date range)

Mausoleum Hadriani makes connections with:

Mausoleum Hadriani part of (analytical) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Mausoleum Hadriani located at Pons Aelius (unspecified date range)
Mausoleum Hadriani part of (analytical) Regio XIV (Transtiberim) (unspecified date range)
Mausoleum Hadriani located on Tiberis (river) (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
tomb

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott, and jfu, 'Mausoleum Hadriani: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/334776904> [accessed: 03 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/334776904 |title=Places: 334776904 (Mausoleum Hadriani) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 3, 2024 1:08 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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