Emperor Nerva and Trajan

EMPEROR NERVA AND

EMPEROR TRAJANJOHN OLIVER M. BAGASBAS 9-ROENTGEN

EMPEROR NERVA

NERVA• MARCUS COCCEIUS NERVA• 30 AD – 98 AD• BORN 50 MILES NORTH OF ROME

IN THE VILLAGE OF NARNI• BORN FROM A NOBLE FAMILY• ONE OF THE 5 GOOD EMPERORS

NERVA• BEFORE EMERGING AS AN EMPEROR OF ROME, HE WAS A

COUNSEL OF VESPASIAN IN 71 AD AND DOMITIAN IN 90 AD.• HE WAS THE FIRST TO BE ELECTED BY THE ROMAN SENATE.• HE EMERGED AS AN EMPEROR AFTER DOMITIAN’S

ASSASSINATION.• HE WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE HE IS AN ELDERLY AND HAS NO HEIR.

REIGNHE REIGNED FROM 96-98 AD.HE WAS THE LAST EMPEROR TO BE ITALIAN BY FAMILY AND HERITAGE.HE DID NOT EXECUTE THE SENATORS UNLIKE DOMITIAN.ALL EXILED ROMANS WERE GIVEN AMNESTY BY HIM.HE GAVE BACK THE LAND PROPERTIES TO THE FAMILIES WHO OWNED

THEM.HE RELEASED THE IMPRISONED FOR TREASON BY DOMITIAN.HE WAS NICKNAMED “PATER PATRIAE” (FATHER OF THE COUNTRY)

INCIDENTDESPITE BEING POPULAR TO THE SENATE AND TO THE PEOPLE, THE ARMY

STILL GRIEVES THE DEATH OF DOMITIAN. THE ARMY THEN TOOK NERVA HOSTAGE AND DEMANDS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE ASSASSINS OF DOMITIAN. NERVA WAS FORCED TO AGREE TO THEIR COMMAND.

THE ARMY KILLED THE ASSASSINS AND NERVA WAS FORCED TO THANKED THEM IN PUBLIC. DESPITE BEING UNHARMES IN THE ASSAULT, HIS REPUTATION WAS DAMAGED. BECAUSE HE CAN’T SUPORT THE ROMAN ARMY AND THE CIVILIANS, HE ADOPTED TRAJAN, A GERMAN COMMANDER.

DEATHAFTER 16 MONTHS ON THE THRONE, EMPEROR NERVA SUDDENLY BEGAN SWEATING HARDLY. THEN, HE DEVELOPED A FEVER. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, HE SUCCUMBED TO DEATH AT JAN.28, 98 AD.

EMPEROR TRAJAN

TRAJAN• MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS• 53-117 A.D.• ITALICA, SPAIN• ONE OF THE 5 GOOD EMERORS• “OPTIMUS PRINCEPS” (THE BEST RULER)

TRAJAN• BORN FROM A FAMILY WITH A SUCCESSFUL MILITARY

REPUTATION.• THE FIRST EMPEROR TO BE NOT ITALIAN-ORIGIN.• THE ADOPTIVE SON OF NERVA.• BECAME A COUNSEL AND A HUSBAND BEFORE BEING AN

EMPEROR.• A WARRIOR.

EVENT ON HIS REIGN:

• WHEN DECLARED AS AN EMPEROR, INSTEAD OF RETURNING TO ROME, HE REMAINED AT THE RHINE AND THE DANUBE RIVER.• RENOVATION OF ROADS AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC

BATHS, BRIDGES, AQUEDUCTS, AND PORTS.• EXPANSION TO SCOTLAND, DACIA, AND MESOPOTAMIA.• BECAME POPULAR TO THE ROMAN SENATE.

MILITARY:• DESPITE BEING A GOOD EMPEROR, HIS TRUE PASSION IS WAR. IN

FACT, HE HAS GONE TO 3 MAJOR WARS WHICH TWO ARE AGAINST THE KINGDOM OF DACIA AND THE OTHER IS AGAINST THE PARTHIANS. HE SUCCESSFULLY INVADED DACIA AND ANNEXED MESOPOTAMIA BUT THE CITIZENS REBELLED AGAINST HIM MAKING A RETREAT BACK TO EUROPE.

DEATH• ON HIS WAY BACK TO ROME, HE SUDDENLY FELL ILL. THEN, A

STROKE STRUCKED HIM. HE DIED AT 117 AD AND HE WAS CREMATED AND BROUGHT TO ROME. HE WAS BURIED AT HIS OWN COLUMN, TRAJAN’S COLUMN. IT WAS ALSO RUMORED THAT HE, LIKE NERVA, ADOPTED HADRIAN.

• OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TRAJAN’S MARKET AND THE FORUM OF TRAJAN.

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