. A history of Rome . es, are perfectlyauthentic, and the likenesses are consistent. Inthe British Museum the reader may see thefeatures of these great Caesars as faithfullyreproduced as those of British statesmen in theNational Portrait Gallery. — Fowler own household. The Senateordered his infamous name to be erased from the public monumentsand to be blotted from the records of the Roman state. §136] THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS 125 136. The Five Good Emperors; Rule of Nerva (96-98 a. d.). The five emperors — Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the two Antonines —who succeeded Domitian were elected by the
. A history of Rome . es, are perfectlyauthentic, and the likenesses are consistent. Inthe British Museum the reader may see thefeatures of these great Caesars as faithfullyreproduced as those of British statesmen in theNational Portrait Gallery. — Fowler own household. The Senateordered his infamous name to be erased from the public monumentsand to be blotted from the records of the Roman state. §136] THE FIVE GOOD EMPERORS 125 136. The Five Good Emperors; Rule of Nerva (96-98 a. d.). The five emperors — Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the two Antonines —who succeeded Domitian were elected by the Senate, which duringthis period assumed something of its former influence in the affairsof the Empire. The wise and beneficent administration of the gov-ernment by these rulers, under whom the theory of a joint controlby Princeps and Senate became something of a reality, won forthem the distinction of being called the five good emperors. Thisperiod probably marks the high tide of civilization in ancient Fig. 31. Bridge over the Danube, Built by Trajan. (From a relief on Trajans Column) Nerva, who was an aged senator and an ex-consul, ruled died after a short reign of sixteen months, and the scepter passedinto the stronger hands of the able commander Trajan, whom Nervahad previously made his associate in the government. 137. Trajan (98-117 ). Trajan was a native of Spain and asoldier by profession and talent. He was the first provincial to sitin the seat of the Caesars. From this time forward provincials wereto play a part of ever-increasing importance in the affairs of theEmpire. It was the policy of Augustus — a policy adopted by mostof his successors — to make the Danube in Europe and the Euphratesin Asia the limits of the Roman Empire in those respective Trajan determined to push the frontiers of his dominions beyond 126 FROM TIBERIUS TO DIOCLETIAN [§137 both these rivers. In the early part of his reign he was busied inwars
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