The booty changed the landscape of Rome. To commemorate the victory, Trajan commissioned a forum that included a spacious plaza surrounded by colonnades, two libraries, a grand civic space known ...

The Imperial Forums are a series of forums located near the Roman Forum. Trajan’s Market, considered the world’s oldest shopping mall, is also part of this complex of ruins. In 2007 ...

At this point history took a sharp turn. Shortly before Nerva died, Roman generals had debated who should be the next emperor. They chose Trajan, a former army commander, senator and governor of ...

Also a senator, he was climbing the political ladder and became consul of Rome in 100 AD. In 110 AD, Trajan sent Pliny to Bithynia (part of present-day Turkey) to investigate corruption there.