Western Civilization I / Unit 7 WC1 0611 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trajan's Greatest Extent, 117; Hadrian's Wall and Rescripts
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The idea
Under Trajan, ninety-eight to one seventeen, the empire reached its greatest extent. He answered petitions personally and funded food for poor children with cheap farm loans, the alimenta by convention. Hadrian gave up Mesopotamia, toured the provinces and built his wall.
In practice
Rescripts from anywhere with the force of law.
Where people slip
Hadrian's Wall is witnessed; the alimenta's name is not. Learn both.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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