Editing AD 98 (section)

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[January 1]] – Emperor [[Nerva]] suffers a [[stroke]] during a private audience.<ref name="victor-caesaribus-12-10">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-04 |title=Roman Emperors |url=https://www.roman-emperors.org/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Roman Emperors |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – Nerva dies of a [[fever]] at his [[Roman villa|villa]] in the [[Gardens of Sallust]] and is succeeded by his [[Adoption|adopted]] son [[Trajan]]. Trajan is the first [[Roman Emperor]] born in [[Italica]], near [[Seville]]. A brilliant soldier and administrator, he enters [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] without ceremony and wins over the public. Continuing the policies of [[Augustus]], [[Vespasian]] and Nerva, he restores the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] to its full status in the government and begins a form of state [[Social welfare provision|welfare]] aimed at assuring that poor children are fed and taken care of. He has a specific vision of the [[Roman Empire|Empire]], which reaches its maximum extent under his rule, and keeps a close watch on finances. [[Tax]]es, without any increase, are sufficient during his reign to pay the considerable costs of the budget. The [[informers]] used by [[Domitian]] to support his [[tyranny]] are expelled from Rome. In order to maintain the [[Port]] of [[Alexandria]], Trajan reopens the canal between the [[Nile]] and the [[Red Sea]].
* Trajan elevates [[Ladenburg]] to city status ('''''[[civitas]]''''').