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====Reign of Trajan====

In 98 AD Trajan became Emperor after the death of Nerva. Trajan proved to be an energetic ruler and immediately reduced the influence of the Praetorian Guard.<ref> Mommsen, Theodor A History of Rome Under the Emperors (London: Routledge, 1999), p 113</ref> He secured support by offering donations to the legions and the population of Rome and reduced taxes. Trajan was very much a buildera series of civil wars had weakened that Empireand he helped to finance many public buildings and ordered the building of many aqueducts and prohibited wasteful expenditure on festivals. He also initiated a series of social welfare reforms. Trajan also overhauled the administration of the Empire and ended abuses by Senators. His domestic policy achievements are impressive, but his main focus was on military glory. He abandoned the policy of Augustus, of not seeking to expand the Empire.<ref>Suetonius, Life of Augustus, xxv</ref> Only Britain was to the Empire since the death of the first Emperor. Trajan was determined to expand Rome’s borders, and for the first time in a century, he pursued an active policy of conquest.