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Trajan

Type Figure Region Roman Empire Time 53–117 Also known as Trajan、Marcus Ulpius Traianus、马尔库斯·乌尔皮乌斯·图拉真

Trajan (53–117 CE), second emperor of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty, born to Spanish provincial nobility, expanded the Roman Empire to its greatest exte…

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  1. 53–97Italica (modern Italica, Spain) · BaeticaBorn in Italica in the province of Baetica, Spain, he inherited his family's political tradition, held various military and administrative posts, accumulated military merit and reputation on the Germanic and Eastern frontiers, and was appointed governor of Germania by Nerva and adopted as his son.
  2. 98–117Rome · LazioAcceded to the throne in 98 CE, twice conquered Dacia and established it as a province, campaigned in the East against Parthia seizing Armenia and parts of Mesopotamia, built grand projects such as Trajan's Forum and Trajan's Column, implemented grain relief and road and bridge construction, and pushed the empire's territory to its zenith.

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