Europe 96 AD: Accession of Nerva
18 September 96AD
18 Sep 96AD
The Nerva–Antonine Dynasty
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Accession of Nerva
18 Sep 96AD Accession of Nerva
5 Jul 102 First Dacian War
8 Aug 106 Second Dacian War
11 Aug 107 Trajan’s Iazygan War
19 Oct 113 Outbreak of Trajan’s Parthian War
23 Sep 114 Trajan’s Conquest of Armenia
14 Oct 115 Kitos War
15 Sep 116 Trajan’s Parthian campaign
10 Aug 117 Accession of Hadrian
17 Jul 122 Pax Romana
30 Nov 132 Bar Kokhba Revolt
26 Apr 142 Principate of Antoninus Pius
31 Oct 161 Vologases IV’s Conquest of Armenia
24 Apr 166 Lucius Verus’ Parthian War
27 Aug 170 First Marcomannic War
3 May 175 Avidius Cassius’ Revolt
16 Mar 180 Second Marcomannic War
30 Dec 192 Reign of Commodus
During his 15-year reign, Domitian managed to incite most of Rome’s Germanic and Danubian neighbors to war without securing a significant victory. At the same time, his authoritarian manner alienated the Senate. In 96 AD he was assassinated in a palace conspiracy and the Senate proclaimed the 66-year-old Nerva as his successor. As the first of what posterity would call the “Five Good Emperors”, Nerva would usher in almost a century of Roman prosperity and stability under the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.
