Hadrian is best known in Australia through Hadrian's wall in England which separated the Romans from the Celts of Scotland. Publius Aelius Hadrianus was the emperor of Rome between 117 and 138 AD. The emperors had been constantly changing the unwritten Roman Constitution in such a way to increase their power; by 138 AD there was no doubt that the emperor was sovereign. (more)
Cam Riley: South Sea Republic. Freedom, liberty, equity and an Australian Republic.