Nerva and Trajan (ruled 96 – 98 AD ... As emperor, Trajan expanded the Roman Empire to become larger than ever before. He conquered Dacia (now part of Romania), which provided land for Roman ...

He terrorized leading Roman figures and executed or banished ... The Senate immediately appointed Nerva as emperor. But the army were furious that Domitian was dead. Soldiers stormed the palace ...

The "Five Good Emperors" of the Roman Empire (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius) ruled from 96 to 180 CE, an era often regarded as Rome's golden age. This period is ...