Outlines of Ancient And Modern History On a New Plan: Embracing Biographical ...
Outlines of Ancient And Modern History On a New Plan: Embracing Biographical ...
Royal Robbins
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Preparing to return to his capital in a style of unparall^ed mag- a^ficence. he was unable from infirmity to reach home 5 and he died •3 Digitized by Google 2b MODERN HISTORY. — PERIOD I. in t]ie city of Seleucia, having Tefused to nominate a successor, lest he should adopt a person that was unworthy. It may serve to' ^ow how highly Trajan was esteemed by his subjects, that it was the prac^ce, during two hundred years in blessing his successors, to wish them ■" the fortune of Augustus, and the ...goixbdess of Trajan." 18. Adrian succeeded Trajan 118 years A. C. The wife of Traian forged a will in the emperor's name, declar- ing Adrian his successor. This designation was supported by the army, and Adrian ventured to assume the govern- ment. This emperor was a nephew of Trajan, and in most respects worthy of being his successor. He cliose to cultivate rather the arts of peace than war, and judging that the limits of the empire were too extensive, he abandoned all the con- quests of Trajan, and bounded the eastern provinces by the river Euphrates.
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