The Antoninos

Following the Flavians, the Antonines dynasty (96-192) ushered in by Nerva (r. 96-98) is commonly called the era of the "five good emperors." Succeeding Nerva, his adopted son Trajan (r. 98-117), Hadrian (r. 117-138), Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161), Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-180), and finally Commodus (r. 180-192), an Antonine not considered one of the good emperors, ruled during the "golden age" of the Roman Empire.