At 126 feet tall, cut from marble, adorned with a spiral frieze intricately carved with 155 scenes, Trajan’s amazing column ...

Archaeologists working in the ancient Turkish city of Laodicea have discovered a monumental statue of Trajan, a famed Roman emperor who led the empire to its greatest geographical extent. The ...

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral up ...

Domitian’s murder marked the end of the Flavian dynasty and changed the rules of succession. Nerva and Trajan (ruled 96 – 98 AD, 98 – 117 AD) were not born to rule, but were chosen for the job. The ...

A marble statue of Trajan is displayed during the opening of the exhibition "Trajan. Build the Empire, Create Europe ", dedicated to the Roman Emperor at the Trajan's Markets archeological site, in ...

Born into a wealthy family who lived in northern Italy, Pliny was too young to have been affected by the civil wars that followed the death of Nero. His own father died when Pliny was still very young ...

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As the title suggests Nicholas Jackson’s Trajan: Rome’s Last Conqueror, from Greenhill Books, is about the life and achievements of one of the greatest Roman emperors, during whose reign the Empire ...

Leuven: Leuven University Press / Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002. Pp. viii, 357. Illus., tables, notes, biblio., index. $55.40. ISBN: 9058672395 How to ...