Trajan served as a Roman emperor from AD 98 until 117, known as the second of the Five Good Emperors within the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a charitable leader and an accomplished soldier-emperor who oversaw one of the most significant military expansions in Roman history, during which, at the time of his death, the Roman Empire achieved its greatest territorial extent. The Roman Senate awarded him the title of optimus princeps, meaning the Best Ruler. Trajan was born in the municipium of I ... (Read More)