Trajan

would rank Augustus, Hadrian, and Trajan as the best emperors and Caligula, Nero, and Domitian as the worst emperors of Rome. Augustus would be among the best Roman emperors, if not the best. Under his rule, he turned Rome a great empire. Prior to his ascension as emperor in 27, the Roman Republic had been plagued by civil wars and other problems…

Introduction At its height, the Roman Empire had a trade network not seen in the ancient world up to that point of time (Carthwright, 2013). Merchants traded products such as grains, oil and wine in tremendous quantities while precious metals and spices were imported at significant levels (Carthwright, 2013). In my learning journal entry for this unit, I will examine how the system of interconnectivity between the local provinces and Rome allowed for an extensive trade system to develop.…

going back and forth were Pliny and Trajan. The letter portrays the responsibilities of the roman emperor in the ancient time. He (Emperor Trajan) responsibilities as the emperor was to have public defense, basic law enforcement, citizenship, and construction. This letter discusses Christianity through the eyes of the Romans and the fear it had caused. Pliny, was unsure as to whether if he could killed the Christians legally only because their faith. Emperor Trajan agreed to what he was saying…

This too shows that the upper echelon had reservations about the killing Christians. Trajan’s persecution of the Christians was implemented as a means of social control to ensure that the pagan population did not rebel against the emperor. However, Trajan’s quest for social control did not deter pagans from converting to Christianity, courageous martyrdom in the circus actually promoted the faith. The act of martyrdom is Christianity embracing their ideological differences and exaggerating the…

The Forum of Trajan’s patron was Trajan. The purpose of the Forum was to house a market-place. The forums of this period were named accordingly as to glorify the names of the rulers. Trajan’s Forum was the largest built, a feat that certainly reflect the amount of power and wealth wielded by the patron. A structure in the Trajan Forum, Trajan’s column, celebrates Trajan’s victory over the Dacians. A modern structure that is similar to the Forum of Trajan would be a shopping mall. Both structures…

empires in different ways. Under the rule of Qin Shi Huang, Wu of Han, and Genghis Khan, the Chinese empire reached great economic heights. Their ruling methods were all diverse however were effective in establishing economic growth. The Roman rulers Trajan, Antoninus Pius and Augustus also established great economic success for Rome. Although these rulers made their economy flourish, many rulers of the Chinese and Roman empires did not contribute to the high economic success that these…

Pliny was a civil servant of the governor of Bithynia from 111.113 A.D. This letter from Pliny to Trajan is one of the most famous letter in the history of Christianity, written around 112 A.D., which he wrote when he met Christians for the first time in his district and didn’t know how to deal with them. At first, he did few things but, then he thought to write a letter to the Emperor of Trajan describing what he had done so far and asking for the guidance for the coming days. This famous…

Trajan was a Roman emperor of the early Roman Empire that had ruled from AD 98 until AD 117. Trajan's full name is Marcus Ulpius Trajan. Trajan was born on September 18 around the year AD 52 in Italica, near Seville. Trajan came from a Spanish origin, making him the first ever emperor to come from Italy. His father was also by the name of Marcus Ulpius Trajan. His father was the first to reach the office of senator, he commanded the tenth legion in the Jewish War that lasted from AD 67 to AD 68,…

The “five good emperors,” were Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian and two Antonine emperors, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. This was the period of success which began under Vespasian, continued under these emperors. During this time Roman civilization at its best, its highest stage of development. Nerva Nerva was born in Narni, Italy he was a Roman emperor from 96 to 98 AD, he became an emperor at age 65. Little is known of his upbringing, but when he took office he made immediate changes. He…

century CE in ancient Israel. Christianity was not welcomed by the most of the Romans as many of them opposed it, and wanted it to be terminated. One of them was Pliny, the Roman governor of Pontus/Bithynia from 111-113 AD. In his letter to Emperor Trajan, Pliny addressed how he has dealt with cases where Christians were involved, and how he was unsure if he was doing the correct legal thing. When it came to punishing Christians, Pliny did not know if there were different procedures for…