It was also very successful. 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 settlers and ...

They were known for squeezing the equivalent of protection money out of the Roman Empire while sending warriors to raid its frontier towns. In 101 Trajan moved to punish the troublesome Dacians.

Ranking immediately below senators, equestrians became an important human resource, whose work underpinned the smooth running of the Roman Empire ... the Emperor Trajan would be in power and ...

JULIA: I’m helping out with this archaeological dig at Hadrian’s Wall in the North of England. This wall was built nearly two thousand years ago by the Romans, and the things found here tell ...

The five good emperors were Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius ... The region’s Roman forces were reinforced, strategically weakening the empire’s other borders ...