(Trajan was born to Roman parents in what is now Spain ... Dacians fleeing, a province empty of all but cows and goats. The two wars must have killed tens of thousands. A contemporary claimed ...

Shortly before Nerva died, Roman generals had debated who ... to find competent and honest officials to rule the provinces. With the army, Trajan was fair but strict, ordering the execution ...

In the year 112, Pliny the Younger was faced with a dilemma. He was the governor in the Roman province of Bithynia (modern day Turkey) when a number of Christians were brought into his court.