In October 2024, a construction team came across a sea of skeletal remains while working on renovations to a soccer field in ...

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

In 110 AD, Trajan sent Pliny to Bithynia (part of present-day Turkey) to investigate corruption there. He appears to have died a few years later. His lasting fame, however, comes from the nine ...

The story of Emperor Trajan’s victory over a mighty barbarian empire isn’t just one for the books. It’s also told in 155 scenes carved in a spiral frieze on a monumental column. In back-to ...

Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

Nerva and Trajan (ruled 96 – 98 AD, 98 – 117 AD) were not born to rule, but were chosen for the job. The results were remarkably successful. Nerva became emperor immediately after Domitian’s ...

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...

However, Emperor Trajan’s ascension in 98 C.E. marked a calmer era for Rome. He was the second of the “Five Good Emperors,” taking the throne after the first, Nerva, who had established a ...