Beneath A Falling Star

In 136 AD, while addressing the Senate of Rome, for the first time in the Empire's history, the Emperor's introduction failed to declare that either he or the army was well. In fact Hadrian said the exact opposite, announcing that both the Emperor and the Army, thereby implying the Empire, were not well. After three and a half years of fighting what would be the third and final war against the Jews, this time the Roman army was brought to the very brink of destruction. With the defeat of at...