Many of these early writers were biased towards Hadrian especially in regard to his relationship with Antinous.

The controversy surrounding the relationship between Hadrian and Antinous is due to a lack of extant evidence for where Antinous was during the years from 123-130 CE. The first mention of Antinous is from Pancrates and his Lion Hunt poem from 130 CE.

Hard evidence regarding Antinous's life is available in the form of the Pincian obelisk on Pincian Hill. On the west side of the relief

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