The story of Emperor Trajan’s victory over a mighty barbarian empire isn ... not a single dead Roman soldier on the column. Present-day city names are in parentheses. Map: Jerome N.

It was also very successful. As emperor, Trajan expanded the Roman Empire to become larger than ever before. He conquered Dacia (now part of Romania), which provided land for Roman settlers and ...

Leiden / New York: E. J. Brill, 2012. Pp. xx, 394. Map, notes, biblio., index. $203.00. ISBN: 9004235930 A guide to the history of Roman expansionism from the earliest times in the Sixth Century BC to ...