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Aulus Gellius ( c . 125  after 180 AD ) was a Latin author and grammarian , who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome . He was educated in ___MASK28___ , after which he returned to Rome , where he held a judicial office . He is famous for his " Attic Nights ", a commonplace book , or compilation of notes on grammar , philosophy , history , antiquarianism , and other subjects , preserving fragments of many authors and works who otherwise might be unknown today . Quintus Terentius Scaurus , Latin grammarian , flourished during the reign of Hadrian ( Aulus Gellius xi . 15 ) . He was the author of an ars grammatica and commentaries on Horace , Virgil ' s Aeneid and perhaps Plautus . Under his name , two fragments are extant -- the longer from his work on orthography ( De orthographia ) , the shorter ( chiefly on the use of prepositions ) from another grammatical work . They have both been published by Heinrich Keil in Scriptores de orthographia , the 7th volume of his Grammatici Latini ( Teubner , 1880 ) ; the De orthographia has appeared in a new edition prepared by Federico Biddau ( Weidmann , 2008 ) . Hadrian ' s Wall , also called the Roman Wall , Picts ' Wall , or " Vallum Hadriani " in Latin , was a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia , begun in 122 AD in the reign of the emperor Hadrian . It ran from the banks of the River Tyne near the North Sea to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea , and was the northern limit of the ___MASK33___ , immediately north of which were the lands of the northern Ancient Britons , including the Picts . The Temple of Venus and Roma Latin : Templum Veneris et Romae is thought to have been the largest temple in ___MASK69___ . Located on the Velian Hill , between the eastern edge of the " Forum Romanum " and the Colosseum , it was dedicated to the goddesses " Venus Felix " (" Venus the Bringer of Good Fortune ") and " Roma Aeterna " (" Eternal Rome "). The architect was the emperor Hadrian and construction began in 121 . It was officially inaugurated by Hadrian in 135 , and finished in 141 under Antoninus Pius . Damaged by fire in 307 , it was restored with alterations by the emperor Maxentius . ___MASK28___ (" Athína " ) is the capital and largest city of Greece . ___MASK28___ dominates the ___MASK23___ region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical ___MASK28___ was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with ___MASK28___ . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , ___MASK28___ is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in Greece . In 2015 , ___MASK28___ was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study . Hadrian ( 24 January 76  10 July 138 ) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138 . Hadrian is known for building Hadrian ' s Wall , which marked the northern limit of Britannia . He also rebuilt the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma . Philhellene in most of his tastes , he is considered by some to have been a humanist , and he is regarded as the third of the Five Good Emperors . The Roman emperor was the ruler of the ___MASK33___ during the imperial period ( starting in 27 BC ). The emperors used a variety of different titles throughout history . Often when a given Roman is described as becoming " emperor " in English , it reflects his taking of the title " Augustus " or " Caesar ". Another title often used was " imperator ", originally a military honorific . Early Emperors also used the title " princeps " ( first citizen ). Emperors frequently amassed republican titles , notably " Princeps Senatus ", " Consul " and " Pontifex Maximus ". Rome is a city and special " comune " ( named " Roma Capitale ") in ___MASK4___ . Rome is the capital of ___MASK4___ and of the Lazio region . With 2 , 870 , 336 residents in , it is also the country ' s largest and most populated " comune " and fourth - most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits . The Metropolitan City of Rome has a population of 4 . 3 million residents . The city is located in the central - western portion of the Italian Peninsula , within Lazio ( Latium ), along the shores of Tiber river . The ___MASK34___ is an independent country geographically located within the city boundaries of Rome , the only existing example of a country within a city : for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states .