Roman Empire under Trajan and Hadrian

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The Roman Empire under Trajan and Hadrian was a period of its greatest territorial extent and significant administrative, legal, and architectural development, marked by military expansion under Trajan and consolidation and cultural flourishing under Hadrian.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
phase of the Roman Empire ⓘ
administrativeDevelopment formalization of imperial bureaucracy ⓘ
increased role of equestrian officials ⓘ
capital Rome ⓘ
characterizedBy administrative development ⓘ
architectural development ⓘ
consolidation of frontiers under Hadrian ⓘ
cultural flourishing ⓘ
legal development ⓘ
military expansion under Trajan ⓘ
culturalFeature flourishing of Greek and Roman literature ⓘ
patronage of architecture and arts ⓘ
dynasticContext early Nerva–Antonine dynasty ⓘ
economicCondition relative prosperity ⓘ
endDate 138 ⓘ
follows Roman Empire under the Flavian dynasty ⓘ
frontierConstruction Hadrian’s Wall ⓘ
linked to: Hadrian's Wall

Limes Germanicus ⓘ
frontierPolicyUnderHadrian defensive strategy ⓘ
geographicalScope Mediterranean basin ⓘ
linked to: Mediterranean Basin

large parts of Europe, North Africa, and the Near East ⓘ
governingSystem principate ⓘ
hasEmperor Hadrian ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
hasPart reign of Hadrian ⓘ
reign of Trajan ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalDevelopment work of jurists like Salvius Julianus ⓘ
majorConflict Dacian Wars ⓘ
Trajan’s Parthian campaign ⓘ
notableBuildingProgram Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli ⓘ
Pantheon (rebuilding under Hadrian) ⓘ
linked to: Pantheon

Temple of Venus and Roma ⓘ
Trajan’s Column ⓘ
linked to: Trajan's Column

Trajan’s Forum ⓘ
linked to: Trajan's Forum

Trajan’s Market ⓘ
linked to: Trajan's Market
peakUnder Trajan ⓘ
policyShift from expansion to consolidation ⓘ
precedes Roman Empire under the Antonine emperors ⓘ
linked to: Antonine period
provinceAdded Arabia Petraea ⓘ
Armenia (temporary) ⓘ
linked to: Armenia

Assyria (temporary) ⓘ
linked to: Assyria

Dacia ⓘ
Mesopotamia (temporary) ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia
religion Roman polytheism ⓘ
startDate 98 ⓘ
succession Trajan adopted Hadrian as heir (contested historically) ⓘ
territorialExtent largest extent of the Roman Empire ⓘ

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Discourses → historicalContext → Roman Empire under Trajan and Hadrian ⓘ
Small Baths → era → Hadrianic period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Empire under Trajan and Hadrian
Ulpii family → eraOfProminence → reign of Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Roman Empire under Trajan and Hadrian
Ulpii → peakInfluence → reign of Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Roman Empire under Trajan and Hadrian
Aelia family → associatedWith → Hadrianic period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Empire under Trajan and Hadrian
Furietti Centaurs → stylePeriod → Hadrianic period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Empire under Trajan and Hadrian
Bostra Nova Trajana → wasIncorporatedInto → Roman Empire by Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Roman Empire under Trajan and Hadrian
Antonine period → hasPart → reign of Hadrian ⓘ
linked to: Roman Empire under Trajan and Hadrian