Trajan
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Roman emperor who ruled from AD 98 to 117
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Trajan
- Roman Emperors
Trajan, born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117 and the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. A successful soldier-emperor, he oversaw major territorial expansion, including the annexation of Nabataea and Dacia. His reign also included building projects, social welfare expansion, and wars against the Parthian Empire. At his death, the Roman Empire had reached its maximum territorial extent.
- Reign
- Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117
- Birth name
- Marcus Ulpius Traianus
- Senate title
- optimus princeps, "the best ruler"
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Trajan (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q1425
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Unknown artistUnknown artist. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsUnknown artistUnknown artist, User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-02-08Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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