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 ...

In 110 AD, Trajan ... Roman life during the reign of Trajan. His motivation appears to have been simple: Pliny wanted fame. He hoped that these letters would help shape the history of the empire ...

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.

The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought by some to ...