Forum Hadriani

This waterway was established about 47 AD by the Roman general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, forming an important shortcut between the rivers Rhine and Meuse.

[2] In 121, emperor Hadrian made a long voyage along the northwestern border of the empire, during which he probably visited the Cananefate town.

It is theorized that during this period, the town adopted the name Forum Hadriani to honor the ruler, a common practice at the time.

[3] About 270 AD, after several plagues and attacks by Saxon pirates and the reconquering of the region from the Gallic Empire, the Romans abandoned Forum Hadriani.

This hand was used by Étienne Maurice Falconet as model for the equestrian statue of Peter the Great, The Bronze Horseman.