Trajan
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Trajan was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier-emperor who presid
Marble bust, Glyptothek, Munich
A gold aureus of Trajan depicting him alongside his namesake father, c. AD 115
Trajan wearing the civic crown and military garb such as a muscle cuirass, 2nd century AD, Antalya Archaeological Museum
Bust of Nerva, who became emperor following the assassination of Domitian
Nerva
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Nerva was a Roman emperor from AD 96 to 98. Nerva became emperor when aged almost 66, after a lifetime of imperial service under Nero and the succeeding rulers of the Flavian dynasty.
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…led by Antonius Saturninus. He then served as governor of Germania and Pannonia. In September 96, Domitian was succeeded by the elderly and childless Nerva, who proved to be unpopular with the army. After a revolt by members of the Praetorian Guard, Nerva decided to adopt as his heir and successor the more…
Plaster cast head portrait set in 1st-century statue, Chiaramonti Museum
Head of Nerva, Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, 96-98 AD
The last remaining columns from the largely blind peristyle surrounding a temple to Minerva, located at the heart of the Forum of Nerva. The visible door frame is not an original element but rather one of the many modifications made during the Middle Ages.
Nerva as Jupiter, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen