Hadrian Publius Aelius Hadrianus
emperor · Roman Empire · 76–138
A Roman emperor who travelled his empire in person. A short poem he is said to have made just before his death survives.
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AD 138 · Said to have been made just before his death
Little soul, little wanderer, little charmer, guest and companion of my body, where are you off to now, to places pale, stiff and bare, never again to make your usual jokes?
animula vagula blandula, hospes comesque corporis, quae nunc abibis in loca pallidula rigida nudula nec, ut soles, dabis iocos!Historia Augusta, Life of Hadrian 25
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