House of Nerva-Antonine
3 monarchs
Marcus Aurelius
161-180The last of the five good emperors, Marcus wrote the Meditations in campaign tents on the Danube, private Stoic notes that became ...
Hadrian
117-138Hadrian abandoned Trajan conquests, fixed defensible borders, the Wall in Britain, 73 miles, still standing. He traveled the empir...
Trajan
98-117Born in Hispania, Trajan was the first emperor from outside Italy. He conquered Dacia in two wars, commemorated by Trajan Column i...