The Five Good Emperors
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The Importance of Trajan in the Roman Empire
The selection of Trajan as his successor was one of the best decisions in Roman history. Nerva brought stability and normalcy to the empire, but he had no clear path of succession for anyone else. Trajan's conquest grew the Roman Empire to the largest extent it would ever achieve.
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