1. Inspects the Rhine and upper Danube frontiers

    · Mogontiacum, Germania Superior (Mainz, Germany)

    Inspects the Rhine and upper Danube frontiers
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    Leaving Rome on his first major imperial tour, Hadrian inspected the Rhine and upper Danube frontiers as part of his program of military discipline and defensive consolidation. The quotation supports the frontier regions rather than an exact installation; Mogontiacum is used as the principal headquarters and a defensible representative point.

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