The five Roman emperors, Nerva (96–98 CE), Trajan (98–117), Hadrian (117–138), Antoninus Pius (138–161), and Marcus Aurelius (161–180), who ruled over the most majestic days of the empire. It was not a bloodline. Nerva was made emperor by the killer
"Good Roman emperors" seems a contradiction in terms! The Five Good Emperors of Rome gained legendary status: Learn about Emperor Nerva, Emperor Trajan, Emperor Hadrian, Emperor Antoninus Pius, and Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Who was the greatest of the Five Good Emperors? Trajan may have been the best of the Five Good Emperors. Rome was the largest under the leadership of Trajan.The Five Good Emperors of Rome How many emperors did Rome have? During Rome's existence, there were around 197 ancient Roman emperor...
It's the third book in a trilogy that started with Rubicon, about Julius Caesar and the last years of the Roman Republic, and then went on to Dynasty, covering the rule of the Julio-Claudian family, the emperors we know so well: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. Pax ...
With the matter of succession settled in such a way as to continue the era of the "5 Good Emperors" Hadrian died at the age of 62, after a lengthy reign of 21 years, on July 10, 138 AD at his villa in Baiae. With his death, opponents within the Senate saw the opportunity to fin...
There was not garment in the royal armoire of the ancient kings and emperors that matched the beauty and awe of what was called the ‘golden garment’ of the Cohen Gadol (High Priest). Modern scholars tend to overlook the priestly garments and as such miss the essence of the sacred ...
There were a couple of Arian emperors after Constantine and it suddenly became difficult to be an orthodox Catholic, and especially an orthodox bishop. As a result a new class of people came into being called ‘semi-Arians.’ These ones didn’t really have a strong theological opinion one ...
Yes. It was really amazing. He kept teaching and he built a reputation so that fairly wealthy people sent their kids to Nicopolis to study with Epictetus and one of the later emperors, Hadrian, became a good friend of his. Hadrian was impressed by Epictetus and went to visit him, and th...