106. Decebalus falling in battle, the Dacian war ends; Dacia becomes a Roman province beyond the Danube.
107. Trajan drains the Pontine marshes and constructs a road through them; he erects a school for poor children and performs other meritorious works.
Great discontent is aroused by the progress of Christianity among the numerous classes of those whose livelihood is derived from the services and ceremonies of the heathen temples. The third persecution of Christians begins.
114. Trajan's Column erected; it was made of twenty-four huge blocks of marble so closely united that they seem like one piece; it is still in existence, although Trajan's statue, surmounting it, was replaced by one of St. Peter.
115. War of Rome with Parthia; Trajan adds Armenia and Mesopotamia to the Roman domains. Rome attains its greatest extension.
Great earthquake at Antioch.
116. Great revolt of the Jews in Cyrene, Cyprus, and Egypt; they slaughter many thousands of Greeks and Romans.
117. Death of Trajan, who is succeeded by Hadrian; the Asiatic conquests are relinquished by him.
118. Hadrian, who was with Trajan at the time of his death, returns to Rome; a plot against him is discovered and four conspiring senators are put to death. Hadrian conciliates the people with large gifts. He enters upon his campaign in Mœcia.
119. Hadrian begins a personal survey of his dominions; he visits Campania, Gaul, and Britain.