Trajan
| Trajan | |||||
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| 13t Emperor o the Roman Empire | |||||
Marble bust o Trajan.
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| Reign | 28 Januar 98 – 9 August 117 | ||||
| Predecessor | Nerva | ||||
| Successor | Hadrian | ||||
| Born | 18 September 53 Italica, Hispania |
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| Died | 9 August 117 (aged 63) Selinus, Cilicia |
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| Burial | Roum (ashes in fit o Trajan's Column, nou lost) |
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| Wife | |||||
| Issue | Hadrian (adoptive) | ||||
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| Dynasty | Nerva-Antonine | ||||
| Faither | Marcus Ulpius Traianus | ||||
| Mither | Marcia | ||||
Trajan (Inglish pronunciation: /ˈtreɪdʒən/; Laitin: Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus;[1] 18 September 53 – 9 August 117 AD) wis Roman emperor frae 98 AD till his daith. Offeecially declared bi the Senate as optimus princeps ("the best ruler"), Trajan is remembered as a successful sauldier-emperor who presidit ower the greatest militar expansion in Roman history, leadin the empire tae attain its maximum territorial extent bi the time o his daith. He is an aa kent for his philanthropic rule, owerseein extensive public biggin programs an implementin social welfare policies, which earned him his endurin reputation as the seicont o the Five Guid Emperors who presidit ower an era o peace an prosperity in the Mediterranean warld.
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- ↑ Trajan's regal name haed an equivalent Scots meanin o "Commander Caesar Nerva Trajan, son o the Divine Nerva, the Emperor"
