Events By Place Roman Empire · Emperor Hadrian builds the city Aelia Capitolina on the location of Jerusalem. · The Praetor's Edict is definitively codifed by Salvius Julianus on Hadrian's orders. This change means that senatorial decrees become a mere confirmation of the imperial speech (oratio principis) which initiated them. · Reorganization of the Imperial Council: Central administration is reinforced, and administrative positions are entrusted to knights according to a very strict hierarchy. Under the reorganization, the Roman Senate is excluded from controlling the business of state. · Hadrian restores the monarchist policy of Claudius and Domitian. The equestrian order is given full legal status and attains the second order of the state. · Italy is divided into legal districts managed by consuls, a direct blow to the power and prestige of the Senate. By