House of Nerva-Antonine

3 monarchs

Marcus Aurelius

161-180
Roman EmpireNerva-Antonine

The last of the five good emperors, Marcus wrote the Meditations in campaign tents on the Danube, private Stoic notes that became ...

Hadrian

117-138
Roman EmpireNerva-Antonine

Hadrian abandoned Trajan conquests, fixed defensible borders, the Wall in Britain, 73 miles, still standing. He traveled the empir...

Trajan

98-117
Roman EmpireNerva-Antonine

Born in Hispania, Trajan was the first emperor from outside Italy. He conquered Dacia in two wars, commemorated by Trajan Column i...