The nineteen centuries of history of the Mausoleum of Hadrian are closely intertwined with the historical events of Rome.
Due to its tower-like shape and its strategic and dominant position, in late antiquity it was transformed into a fortress, and withstood countless sieges, starting with those of the Visigoths and the Vandals in 410 and 455 AD.
In 537 AD, during the terrible siege of the Goths of Vitige, General Belisarius put the
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