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    Return of the Principate

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    Return of the Principate

     

    The key element of Trajan?s administrative reign was the return of favorable relations with the aristocracy. Much like Augustus, Trajan readily delegated governing authority, and unlike previous ?emperors? there was a fundamental shift from the use of the freedman as political advisor and confidant back to the traditional Senate and Equestrian classes...

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    Dacian Wars

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    Dacian Wars
     
    Before Trajan returned to Rome in AD 99 to assume his place as ?emperor?, time spent scouting enemy dispositions and investigating the Danube fortifications assuredly inspired him to prepare for an offensive into Dacia. Earlier campaigns against the Dacians as well as against Germanic tribes across the Danube by Domitian had met with some success, but the situation had been largely left unsettled...
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    Trajan

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    Trajan
     
    Born on September 18 in the year AD 52 or 53, in Italica (near modern Seville, Spain) Marcus Ulpius Trajanus was to become the first 'provincial' emperor. This, however, can be a bit misleading. The Ulpians were descended originally from Umbria in northern Italy and transplanted to Hispania in the 3rd century BC, for reasons largely unknown...
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    Adoptive Succession

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    Adoptive Succession
     
    The death of Domitian, though largely greeted with public indifference, did create problems for Nerva?s fledgling administration. The Praetorians were unhappy, their charge being murdered without their approval, and demanded retaliation. In order to settle the situation, within a year of his accession Nerva was forced to hand over the very men who helped secure his position, the Praetorian prefects...
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    Nerva

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    Nerva
     
    The place of M. Cocceius Nerva in history is largely that of an intermediary, filling the vacuum following the fall of Domitian and setting the stage for a golden era of Roman history as the first of the '5 Good Emperors'. Born between AD 30 and 35 of a richly traditional consular family, little of Nerva's early life is known, but the prestigious family had played key roles in both late Republican and early Imperial politics...
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    The Five Good Emperors

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    The Five Good Emperors
     
    The period of time ranging from Nerva to Marcus Aurelius has been generally referred to as that of the ?5 Good Emperors.? While the definition of ?good? is always subjective, there is little argument that this period provided the greatest stretch of uninterrupted power and prosperity for the Roman state...
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    Reign of Terror

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    Reign of Terror
     
    On the surface Domitian?s reign consisted of no more ?terrorizing? acts than the emperors that preceded him, but his relationship with the senate and aristocracy helped to foster a tarnished image. Additionally his strict moral policies, including religious censorship in the form of Jewish (which in Domitian?s view included Christians) taxation, helped establish an appearance of persecution that some later writers mistakenly focused on...
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    Rebellion and Pannonia

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    Rebellion and Pannonia
     
    Shortly after negotiating what would turn out to be a temporary peace arrangement with Decebalus and the Dacians, Domitian?s armies in Germania Superior at Mogontiacum (Mainz) rebelled. Under L. Antoninus Saturninus, two legions (XIV Gemina and XXI Rapax) revolted for reasons that are largely obscured and lost to history (thanks to the later destruction of Saturninus personal documents), but the assumption has long stood that it was merely a local military revolt and not a wide spread conspiracy against the emperor...
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    Decebalus and the War on the Danube

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    Decebalus and the War on the Danube
     
    After the recall of Agricola from Britain, accusations of jealousy plagued Domitian. Coupled with renewed fears of a tyrannical rule (his appointment as perpetual censor granting him complete dominion over the assemblies in AD 85 as an example), Domitian still needed a major military victory and/or a distraction. The Danube provided opportunities for both...
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    HBO Rome Episode Guide

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    With the increasing popularity of the HBO dramatic series, we've added a simple HBO Rome Episode Guide. Along with a synopsis of each episode, we've included links to corresponding historical information.
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