The Five Good Emperors
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The Life and Times of Trajan
Trajan served as emperor for 19 and a half years. Before he died, he favored a young man by the name of Publius Aelius Hadrianus aka Hadrian. He never openly named him as his successor but adopted him instead. His best known construction is Hadrian's Wall which separated Roman Britain from Scotland. The transition to Antoninus Pius was incredibly smooth.
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