24 July - 26 October 2008
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Highlight objects featuring in the exhibition
Other highlight objects featuring in the exhibition
Statue of Hadrian
in a Greek mantle
Torso from a statue of Hadrian in military
dress
Head of Dionysus from Tivoli
The Warren
Cup
Vindolanda tablet: a letter of appeal
Vindolanda tablet: an intelligence report
Enamelled
bronze pan
Replica of
the Rudge Cup
Cavalry
sports helmet
Gold aureus showing the consecration of
Hadrian
Silver Shekel of the Second Jewish
revolt
Themes
Articles
Hadrian, Roman
Emperor (AD 117-38)
Forts in Roman Britain
The Roman fort at Vindolanda
The image of the Roman Emperor
World cultures
Galleries
Room 70: Roman Empire
Room 49:
Roman Britain
Room 85:
Roman portraits
Rooms
83-84: Roman sculpture
Room
69: Greek and Roman life
Room 23: Greek and Roman sculpture
Other relevant objects
General
Brass sestertius of Hadrian
Brass sestertii of Hadrian showing
Personifications of Africa and Spain
Bronze coin of the city of Alexandria, reign
of emperor Hadrian 1
Bronze coin of the city of Alexandria, reign
of emperor Hadrian 2
Bronze coin of the city of Alexandria, reign
of emperor Hadrian 3
From Tivoli
Discus-thrower (discobolus)
Marble portrait bust of Perikles
Marble head of a companion of Odysseus
Roman Britain/Hadrian’s wall
Shield boss of Junius Dubitatus
Milestone
Gilded copper statuette of Hercules
Building-stone
The
Backworth treasure
Writing-tablet with account of money
received
Writing-tablet with a letter inviting Sulpicia
Lepidina, the commander's wife, to a party
A wooden
writing-tablet
Wooden
writing-tablet
Writing-tablet with a letter from Severus to
Candidus
Writing-tablet with a letter from the
entrepreneur Octavius to Candidus
Writing-tablet with a line from Virgil
Supported by BP