1. Returns to Athens for the Olympieion dedication

    · Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece

    Returns to Athens for the Olympieion dedication
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    Hadrian returned to Athens for the ceremonial culmination of the Olympieion complex and the civic-religious program associated with his Panhellenic policies. The monument and associated arrival are dated alternatively to 131 or 132; 131 is used provisionally without claiming greater precision.

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