. A history of Rome with a map of Italy and ample chronological table . ABcn or TITUS, restobbp. COIN OF HADRIAK. CHAPTER XY. FROM THE DEATH OP DOMITIAN TO THAT OF MARCUSAURELIUS. 96 TO 180. The five emperors who succeeded one another afterDomitian form such a strong contrast to some of thewretched tyi-ants who had preceded them, that the periodof their reign is regarded as the happiest in the histoiyof the Roman empire. Immediately after the murder ofDomitian, both the people and the soldiers proclaimedNerva, a venerable senator. But as he was not popularwith the praetorians, he was
. A history of Rome with a map of Italy and ample chronological table . ABcn or TITUS, restobbp. COIN OF HADRIAK. CHAPTER XY. FROM THE DEATH OP DOMITIAN TO THAT OF MARCUSAURELIUS. 96 TO 180. The five emperors who succeeded one another afterDomitian form such a strong contrast to some of thewretched tyi-ants who had preceded them, that the periodof their reign is regarded as the happiest in the histoiyof the Roman empire. Immediately after the murder ofDomitian, both the people and the soldiers proclaimedNerva, a venerable senator. But as he was not popularwith the praetorians, he was obliged to be cautious inpunishing ofienders and in recalling the men who hadbeen banished by Domitian; and in oi-der to strengthenhimself, he adopted Trajan, a man of unblemished char-acter, who was then commanding the legions in , he survived this step no more than threemonths, for he died of a fever in the beginning of Trajan, having been adopted by Nerva, succeeded himas a matter of course, and arrived at Rome in was a native of Spain, and a man of grea
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