This Week In History From Vcoins

since bing isn't here anymore, I thought i'd post this...always liked to read them. this week is pertinent to the 1>207 countdown thread almost day!

nice to see the older portions of that thread unlocked by the way, some great coins in there!

01/27 98 AD Nerva dies of apoplexy at Rome. Nerva was the first emperor elected by the Roman Senate. They elected him on the year 96 after Domitian had been assassinated. He only reigned for two years but was considered by historians to be a wise emperor. He discontinued many festivals and did not allow gold or silver statues of himself to be built, and tried to create a relationship with the lower class Roman people. The Praetorian Guard revolted and killed Nerva's friends and advisors in 97 AD. Having no successor, he adopted Trajan, who would succeed him after his death. Nerva suffered a stroke and died a week after, on 27 January, 98. He was deified after soon by the Senate.


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01/28 98 AD Trajan assumes throne following Nerva's death. In the middle of the revolts caused by the Praetorian Guard, Nerva chose Trajan as his successor. Trajan was the governor of Upper Germany, and was much more popular than Nerva. He created an extensive public building program; many of which can still be seen in Rome today. He also enriched the empire by expanding their territory with his campaigns, Rome was the largest in history with Trajan. Trajan was the second of the "Five good emperors". He died of a stroke on 9 August, 117 AD.
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01/30 133 AD Didius Julianus born at Milan. Didus Julianus was Roman Emperor for nine weeks during 193 AD, after the assassination of his predecessor, Pertinax. Having been raised by Domitia Lucilla, mother of Marcus Aurelius, he had a long governmental career, having been a Quaestor, Edile, Praetor, Praefectus and Consul before becoming Emperor. He wasn't a regular successor; he bought the throne from Pertinax's Praetorian assassins, who would sell it to the man who paid the highest price. He was killed three months later by a soldier.