The "Five Good Emperors" of the Roman Empire (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius) ruled from 96 to 180 CE, an era often regarded as Rome's golden age. This period is ...

He likely met Hadrian around 123 C.E., when the emperor traveled to Nicomedia, Bithynia’s capital, after a devastating earthquake. Because of his high social status, Antinous was probably included in ...

He ascended to the throne in 161 C.E., just a few years before the Marcomannic Wars (166-180 C.E.) — the Marcomanni were Germanic tribes — which would shake the Roman Empire to its foundations.

Not long ago, in the year 14 CE, Tiberius Caesar Augustus became the second Emperor of Rome. (I mention this because, as we all know, history repeats itself, and so we need to pay attention.) Tiberius ...

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