2. Nerva
• Reigned AD 96–98
• First emperor
chosen by the
senate
• Founded the
Nerva-Antonine
dynasty
3. Trajan
• Reigned AD 98–117
• Expanded Rome’s
territory to its
largest ever
• Established
programs to help
the poor
4. Trajan
• Reigned AD 117-138
• Strengthened and
consolidated Rome’s
borders
• Expanded Grecophilic
culture through
building and travel
5. Trajan
• Reigned AD 138-161
• Kept the empire at
peace and financially
prosperous
• Expanded human
rights, like free public
water
6. Trajan
• Reigned AD 161-180
• Wrote a book of
meditations important to
our understanding of
Stoicism
• Last good emperor, Rome
starts to see instability after
his reign
