The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . tted withbeautiful villas. Britain became aRoman province with Roman civiliza-tion. To protect the southern dis-tricts against the inroads of the un-conquered highlanders, Agricola builta line of fortresses from the Eorth tothe home, Domitian reduced the power of the Senate, disregard-ing the threadbare pretense of a joint rule by Senate andPrinceps. He took the office of Censor for life, and so couldlegally make and unmake senators at will. This power wasretained by his successors, even when it was not used; andDomitians reign th
The ancient world, from the earliest times to 800 AD . tted withbeautiful villas. Britain became aRoman province with Roman civiliza-tion. To protect the southern dis-tricts against the inroads of the un-conquered highlanders, Agricola builta line of fortresses from the Eorth tothe home, Domitian reduced the power of the Senate, disregard-ing the threadbare pretense of a joint rule by Senate andPrinceps. He took the office of Censor for life, and so couldlegally make and unmake senators at will. This power wasretained by his successors, even when it was not used; andDomitians reign therefore marks an important change towardthe outward form of monarchy. These facts led the Roman nobles to conspire against put down their plots with cruelty, earning from their sym-pathizers the name of tyrant. Finally he was assassinated bymembers of his household. In this reign took place the secondpersecution of the Christians. 1 Several illustrations of ancient life, as revealed by excavations at Pompeii,have been given in preceding Coin of Domitian— struckto commemorate thecompletion of the Coli-seum. §587] AUGUSTUS TO AURELIUS 475 THE ANTONINE CAESAES 585. Nerva (96-98). — The Senate chose the next ruler fromits own number; and that emperor with his four successors gov-erned in harmony with it. These princes are known as the^-uegood emperors. The first of the five was Nerva, an aged sena-tor of Spanish descent, who died after a kindly rule of sixteenmonths. 586. Trajan (98-117 ) was the adopted son of was a Sptaniard by birth and a great general. Once morethe boundaries of the empire were advanced, though withdoubtful wisdom (§ 606). Trajan conquered Dacia, a vast dis-trict north of the Danube, and then attacked the Parthians inAsia. That power was humbled, and new provinces were addedbeyond the Euphrates. These victories mark the greatest extentof the Roman empire. Trajans reign was the most famous in Roman history for theconstruction of
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