Summer AD 124 – Hadrian tours Asia, visits Cyzicus and Troy and hunts a she-bear (#Hadrian1900)

In the late spring of AD 124, Hadrian departed from Thrace (see here) and travelled back to Asia Minor, this time to the Roman province of Asia. He was accompanied by the sophist Antonius Polemo and his “soldiers and carriages.” The imperial party’s first destination was the peninsula of Cyzicus on the southern shore of… Continue reading Summer AD 124 – Hadrian tours Asia, visits Cyzicus and Troy and hunts a she-bear (#Hadrian1900)