Five Good Emperors - Antonine Dynasty - 96-180

96 - 180 Five Good Emperors

1) Nerva
2) Trajan
3) Hadrian
4) Antonius Pius
5) Marcus Aurelius

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96 Nerva becomes emperor.

98 Trajan becomes first emperor not born in Italy. He was born in Hispania.

100 Christian gospels completed (New Testament).

112 Rome - Trajan's Column is erected and Forum is completed.

117 Hadrian becomes emperor.

120 Rome - Hadrian begins construction of Pantheon.

122 Britannia - Northern England - Hadrian's Wall built.

138 Antonius Pius becomes emperor.

161 Marcus Aurelius becomes emperor

164 Plague strikes the Empire

180 Marcus Aurelius dies. Commodus becomes emperor

192 Commodus is murdered.