id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2678 Nerva–Antonine dynasty - Wikipedia .html text/html 2162 313 64 These Emperors are Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Lucius Verus, Marcus Aurelius, and Commodus. The first five of the six successions within this dynasty were notable in that the reigning Emperor did not have male son, and had to adopt the candidate of his choice to be his successor. The Antonines are four Roman Emperors who ruled between 138 and 192: Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus and Commodus. In 138, after a long reign dedicated to the cultural unification and consolidation of the empire, the Emperor Hadrian named Antoninus Pius his son and heir, under the condition that he adopt both Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. The rulers commonly known as the "Five Good Emperors" were Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.[4] The term was coined by Niccolò Machiavelli in his posthumously published book The Discourses on Livy from 1531: ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2678.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2678.txt