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Trajan

Also known as Caesar Divi Nervae Filius Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus, Optimus Princeps, Caesar Nerva Traianus Germanicus, Traianus, Marcus Ulpius Trajan, Ulpius Crinitus Traianus

Trajan ( ; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier-emperor who presided over one of the greatest military expansions in Roman history, during which, by the time of his death, the Roman Empire reached its maximum territorial extent. He was given the title of optimus princeps ('the best ruler') by the Roman Senate.

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Marcus Ulpius Traianus, also known as Trajan, was a Roman emperor, statesperson, and military officer born in Italica. He held the positions of Roman governor, praetor, and Roman consul, and served as a legatus and imperator. His mother was Marcia and his father was Marcus Ulpius Traianus, with Nerva also listed as a father figure. He was married to Pompeia Plotina and had a sibling named Ulpia Marciana.

Trajan died of natural causes in Selinus, Cilicia, and is buried at Trajan's Column. He practiced the ancient Roman religion and held the noble title of Augustus. His birth name was Marcus Ulpius Traianus. He is described in sources such as The Catholic Encyclopedia and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. His image appears in the video game Civilization VI and the work Paradiso.

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“Tibi istum ad munimentum mei committo, si recte agam; sin aliter, in me magis.”

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Key facts

Roman emperor.image: Traianus Glyptothek Munich 336.jpg
Roman emperor.alt: White bust
Roman emperor.caption: Marble bust, Glyptothek, Munich
Roman emperor.succession: Roman emperor
Roman emperor.reign: 28 January 989 August 117
Roman emperor.predecessor: Nerva
Roman emperor.successor: Hadrian
Roman emperor.birth_name: Marcus Ulpius Traianus
Roman emperor.birth_date: 18 September 53
Roman emperor.birth_place: Italica, Hispania Baetica, Roman Empire (present-day Spain)
Roman emperor.death_date: (aged 63)
Roman emperor.death_place: Selinus, Cilicia, Roman Empire (present-day Turkey)
Roman emperor.burial_place: Rome, in the Trajan's Column, part of Trajan's Forum
Roman emperor.spouse: Pompeia Plotina
Roman emperor.issue: Hadrian (adoptive)
Roman emperor.full name: Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (AD 97)
Roman emperor.regnal name: Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
Roman emperor.dynasty: NervaAntonine

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Early life
Military career
Rise to power
Roman emperor
The Senate
''Optimus princeps''
Greek-Roman relations
Local notables' building projects
Correctores
Building projects
Games
Christians
Currency and welfare
Public image
Military campaigns
Conquest of Dacia
Nabataean annexation
Parthian campaign
Cause of the war
Course of the war
Diaspora Revolt
Death
Succession
Legacy
Iconography
In connection with Pope Gregory I
After Rome
In Romanian culture
In Jewish legend
See also
References
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Trajan was born in the of Italica in the present-day Andalusian province of Seville in southern Spain, an Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his came from the town of Tuder in the Umbria region of central Italy. His namesake father, Marcus Ulpius Traianus, was a general and distinguished senator. Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of Domitian; in AD 89, serving as a in , he supported the emperor against a revolt on the Rhine led by Antonius Saturninus. He then served as governor of Germania and Pannonia. In September 96, Domitian was succeeded by the elderly and childless Nerva, who proved to be unpopular with the army. After a revolt by members of the Praetorian Guard, Nerva decided to adopt as his heir and successor the more popular Trajan, who had distinguished himself in military campaigns against Germanic tribes.

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