Murphysboro Centuries, 2nd secular

Trajan, 98-117 AD

- adopted son of Nerva, the first non-Italian emperor (Roman by culture, but born in Spain) - wanted to be a greater conqueror than Julius Caesar, was an excellent administrator - used friends like Pliny the Younger - seen as greater than Augustus, he wanted to be “princeps” (first among equals) rather than“dominus” (lord) over Rome (as Domitian had done) - adopted Hadrian - 116, widespread Jewish rebellion throughout the Diaspora