Trajan

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	Trajan
Trajan (Glyptothek, München)	Trajan: emperor of the Roman world (98-117). Names: 18 September 53: Marcus Ulpius Trajanus Crinitus October 97: Imperator caesar Nerva Trajanus 28 January 98: Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajanus Augustus Germanicus (97), Dacicus (102), Optimus (114), Parthicus (116) 7 August 117: natural death Successor of: Nerva Relatives: father: Marcus Ulpius Trajanus mother: Marcia sister: Ulpia Marciana married to: Pompeia Plotina Early career 53 Born in Italica c.74/75 Military tribune in Syria 78? Quaestor 84 Praetor 86-89 Commander of VII Gemina 91 Consul 96 Propraetor of Germania Superior Main deeds: 97 Adopted by Nerva as caesar 98 Consul III (with Nerva); Nerva dies; Trajan recognized as emperor; visits Germania Inferior 99 Arrival in Rome 100 Consul III (with Sextus Julius Frontinus III); Pliny the Younger consul suffectus 101 Consul IV (with Quintus Articuleius Paetus); begin of the Dacian War 102 First Dacian Triumph 103 Consul V (with M' Laberius Maximus II) 105 Begin of the Second Dacian War 106 Conquest of Dacia, annexation of Arabia Petraea 107 Second Dacian Triumph; debasement of the denarius 108 Decenalia 109 Inauguration of the Aqua Traiana and the Baths of Trajan; monument of Adamklisi 112 Consul VI (with Titus Sextius Africanus); inauguration of the Forum of Trajan 113 Re-inauguation of the Temple of Venus on the Forum of Caesar 114 Arrival in Antioch; accepts the title Optimus; beginning of the war against the Parthian Empire; bad omens (Macrobius, Saturnalia, 1.23.14) 115 Continued war; annexation of Armenia and Mesopotamia; survives earthquake in Antioch; revolt of the Jews 116 Continued war; spread of Jewish revolt; the situation in the new provinces in the east deteroriates 117 Death without son or appointed successor; empress Plotina enables Hadrian's succession; Hadrian abandons all conquests east of the Euphrates New legions: II Traiana Fortis, XXX Ulpia Victrix Buildings: Beneventum: Arch of Trajan Lepcis Magna: Arch of Trajan Rome: Forum of Trajan; Aqua Traiana; Baths of Trajan Mérida: Arch of Trajan Contemporary events: 98 Tacitus publishes the Germania 100 Panegyricus of Pliny the Younger 101 Epictetus, Discourses; death of Silius Italicus 103 Death of Sextus Julius Frontinus 110 Death of Ignatius of Antioch Succeeded by: Hadrian Links: Apollodorus of Damascus Jewish revolt Matidia Pliny the Younger
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