During this century, the Roman Empire was auctioned off to the highest bidder, Didius Julianus, who reigned for only nine weeks before being murdered.
During this century, the Roman Empire was auctioned off to the highest bidder, Didius Julianus, who reigned for only nine weeks before being murdered. Clodius Albinus was proclaimed emperor during this century, but he was killed at the Battle of Lugdunum. An emperor of Rome during this century was strangled in his bath by Narcissus, which kicked off a succession crisis during the so-called Year of the (*) Five Emperors. That crisis was resolved near the end of this century when Septimius Severus came to power. The Roman Empire reached its greatest extent in this century when it conquered and annexed Dacia. The Pax Romana came to an end in this century when Marcus Aurelius died. For 10 points, name this century, during which Trajan and the Five Good Emperors ruled.
During this century, the Roman Empire was auctioned off to the highest bidder, Didius Julianus, who reigned for only nine weeks before being murdered.
2nd century AD [accept 100s]