98                   Accession of Trajan

106                  Dacia conquered and turned into a Roman province

107                  Province of Arabia Petraea formed

133-117            Roman invasion of the Parthian Empire

115-117            Kitos War: revolt of diaspora Jews in the eastern part of empire

117                   Death of Trajan; accession of Hadrian

118                   Hadrian withdraws from Parthian territory

122                  Start of construction of Hadrian’s Wall in Britain

125                  Rebuilding of the Pantheon

132-135            Bar Kokhba revolt in Judaea

138                  Death of Hadrian; accession of Antoninus Pius

148                  Games celebrating Rome’s 900th anniversary

161                   Death of Antoninus Pius; accession of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as co-emperors

162-6               Campaigns against the Parthians

165-7               Plague in the empire causes terrible loss of life

168                  Both emperors campaign against invading tribes on the Danube frontiers

169                  Death of Lucius Verus; Marcus Aurelius becomes sole emperor

169-180            Marcus Aurelius largely campaigning on the northern frontiers

177                   Commodus becomes co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius

180                   Death of Marcus Aurelius; Commodus becomes sole emperor

192                   Death of Commodus

193                   Accession of Septimius Severus