The Emperor Hadrian was not as fond of urban life as some emperors. In truth, in spite of the Cloaca Maxima (the Big Sewer), the city was pretty foul by the time he inherited it. Rather than engineering a solution, Hadrian built himself a lovely little getaway up in the hills. He ordered up ponds and statues and gardens and all the pleasures of palace life. But of course he really couldn't escape his work.
Saints Getulius and Amantius were a couple of army officers who had gone Christian. Hadrian dispatched Caerealis and Primitivus, a couple more officers, to arrest them. They did so, but they were also converted to Christianity by their captives. The four presented themselves at Tivoli, whereupon they were judged, condemned, and clubbed to death.
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