Qualla: Hadrianotherae https://qualla.com/hadrianotherae en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/c/hadrianotherae-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Hadrianotherae https://qualla.com/hadrianotherae Hadrianotherae: Introduction https://qualla.com/hadrianotherae/ Photo credit Heinrich Kiepert, Public domain. Most Roman cities were founded for reasons of military strategy, trade, or administrative efficiency. Hadrianotherae was founded because an emperor killed a bear and was pleased about it. The name makes the reason explicit: in Greek, 'therae' refers to hunting or the quarry of a hunt, and the 'Hadrian-' prefix is self-explanatory. Sometime in the 2nd century AD — most likely during Hadrian's travels through Asia Minor, which he conducted with unusual personal engagement — the emperor hunted successfully in the region near present-day Balıkesir, commemorated the occasion by founding a city, and the city took his name and his hobby as its own identity. It is an origin story that says something about both the man and the era.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/c/hadrianotherae-wp/sx5c-hadrianotherae-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Hadrianotherae: The Emperor Who Traveled https://qualla.com/hadrianotherae/ Photo credit Heinrich Kiepert, Public domain. Hadrian ruled from 117 to 138 AD and spent more time traveling his empire than almost any other Roman emperor. He visited Britain, where he ordered the famous wall built; he toured Egypt, Greece, and Asia Minor; he hunted extensively, and hunting in antiquity was not a casual spo...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/c/hadrianotherae-wp/sx5c-hadrianotherae-the-emperor-who-traveled.mp3 0:06 2 full Hadrianotherae: Coins That Tell the Story https://qualla.com/hadrianotherae/ Photo credit Heinrich Kiepert, Public domain. We know Hadrianotherae existed and had pretensions to civic dignity largely because of its coins. Ancient cities issued coins as a form of civic identity — they bore the city's name, its patron gods, its symbols. Coins from Hadrianotherae survive from Hadrian's reign onward, whic...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/c/hadrianotherae-wp/sx5c-hadrianotherae-coins-that-tell-the-story.mp3 0:06 3 full Hadrianotherae: A Bishop's Seat https://qualla.com/hadrianotherae/ Photo credit Heinrich Kiepert, Public domain. As the Roman Empire became Christian, Hadrianotherae accumulated a new layer of significance: it became the seat of a bishop. Episcopal sees in late antiquity were assigned to settlements of a certain size and importance — they needed a congregation large enough to sustain a chur...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/c/hadrianotherae-wp/sx5c-hadrianotherae-a-bishops-seat.mp3 0:06 4 full Hadrianotherae: The Invisible City https://qualla.com/hadrianotherae/ Photo credit Heinrich Kiepert, Public domain. The site of Hadrianotherae is located near modern Balıkesir at approximately 39.61°N, 27.91°E, in low terrain that is now agricultural. Unlike some ancient sites in western Turkey, it has not been excavated in a way that produced visible remains for tourists. The coins are in mus...

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