Hadrians love was of the classical Greek ideals. He built a villa for himself with many houses not attached, not only did it have a classical feel but it also had the technological advances of the time. He built a temple in Rome, the Temple of Venus and Roma. It had many Greek features, like the fact that it sat on a platform with steps leading up to the entrance; a very Greek idea. Hadrian loved Athens, he renovated numerous buildings, built some new ones, and constructed his arch there. He finished the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens and built a large library. A lot of his time was spent in Athens and all over Grease, spreading the classical revival. He was one of the first Emperors to make beards fashionable again, something that had not been in style since the Greek world. Hadrians lover Antinous even had classical features in all of the sculptures we find of him. His fondness for the classical Greek ideals and his knowledge of technology were never more prevalent than in the Pantheon, a structure that Hadrian in most famous for. .
Pantheon is a Greek word meaning to honor all Gods (particularly the Olympian divinities). The Pantheon has very classical features. The front is a rectangular building with a rectangular porch; it looked like every other temple. There are sixteen columns supporting the porch. But, there was something especially unique and different about the .
Pantheon, it had a round interior. There was a huge dome behind the temple that from the outside didn't look very special. The only way someone could enter the building was up the stairs and through the front porch. From the ground walking in the dome could not be seen, but once inside the very impressive structure was evident. The dome itself was so thick it was used to support the building. Opposite the door is a recessed semicircular apse, and on each side three additional recesses, alternately rectangular and semicircular, separated from the space under the dome by two columns.
