(Chapters One through Three completed)
It might be wise to read Reflections on The Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian first.
Also, Bingley mentioned that is was the general mood that struck him throughout the book.
Chapter Four, Saeculum Aureum (Life with Antinous and other events)
Stages of relationship with Antinous
Comparison with Alcibiades
The Pantheon and Hadrian's view of history
Sabina as "Juno"
bingley and I are both reading the Birley biography in tandem with the book. Birley titles the time covered by the chapters below -- more or less, as regards Chapter Five -- "The Bitter End".
Chapter Five, Disciplina Augusta (After Antinous)
Final sojourn in Greece & Athens
Affinity to poet Theogenis (leading back to reason for Antinous' death)
Hadrian's actions in Rome
The Jewish Revolt, attitudes towards the Jews (allusions to the 20th century?)
Murder and adoptions
Chapter Six, Patientia (Final Year)
The business of dying - literary aspects
