Trajan

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Roman consul Roman emperor Roman general deified Roman member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty

Trajan was a highly esteemed Roman emperor known for expanding the empire to its greatest territorial extent and overseeing a period of military success and public building projects.

Aliases (6)

Emperor Trajan ×11
Marcus Ulpius Traianus ×2
Traianus ×2
Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus ×1
Roman emperor Trajan ×1
reign of Trajan ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman consul → Roman emperor → Roman general → deified Roman → member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty →
adoptedBy	Nerva →
associatedWith	Pliny the Younger →
birthDate	53-09-18 →
birthPlace	Hispania Baetica → Italica → Roman Empire →
burialPlace	Rome → Trajan's Column →
cognomen	Traianus →
conqueredTerritory	Dacia → Nabataean Kingdom → parts of Mesopotamia →
constructed	Alcántara Bridge → Port of Ostia (Portus Traiani) → Trajan's Column → Trajan's Forum → Trajan's Market →
correspondence	Pliny the Younger →
deathDate	117-08-08 →
deathPlace	Asia Minor → Selinus in Cilicia →
deifiedBy	Roman Senate →
dynasty	Nerva–Antonine dynasty →
era	Principate →
father	Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder →
fullName	Marcus Ulpius Traianus →
heldOffice	consul → governor of Germania Inferior → governor of Hispania Tarraconensis →
honorificTitle	Optimus Princeps →
knownFor	Dacian Wars → annexation of Arabia Petraea → campaigns against Parthia → expanding the Roman Empire to its greatest territorial extent → extensive public building programs → successful military campaigns →
legacy	model of a good emperor in later Roman thought →
militaryRank	general → legatus →
mother	Marcia →
nomen	Ulpius →
policy	moderate treatment of Christians →
praenomen	Marcus →
predecessor	Nerva →
reignEnd	117 →
reignStart	98 →
religion	Roman polytheism →
spouse	Pompeia Plotina →
successor	Hadrian →
title	Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus →

Referenced by (55)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apollodorus of Damascus → Pompeia Plotina → Selinus in Cilicia →	associatedWith
Port of Ostia (Portus Traiani) → Selinus in Cilicia → Trajan's Forum →	namedAfter
Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder ("Traianus") → Trajan ("Traianus") →	cognomen
Trajan's Column ("Emperor Trajan") → Trajan's Forum ("Emperor Trajan") →	dedicatedTo
Nerva–Antonine dynasty → Roman Empire →	notableEmperor
Ulpius → Ulpius ("Marcus Ulpius Traianus") →	usedBy
Hadrian →	adoptedBy
Nerva →	adoptedHeir
Italica →	associatedWithEmperor
Italica →	birthplaceOf
Trajan's Forum →	builtDuringReignOf
Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder →	child
Jewish–Roman wars →	commandedBy
Dacian Wars →	commander
Trajan's Forum ("Emperor Trajan") →	commissionedBy
Pliny the Younger ("Emperor Trajan") →	correspondent
Selinus in Cilicia →	deathPlaceOf
Dacian tribes ("Emperor Trajan") →	defeatedBy
Trajan's Column ("Emperor Trajan") →	depicts
Roman imperial iconography →	developedUnder
Dacian Wars →	emperorOfVictoriousSide
Apollodorus of Damascus →	employer
Circus Maximus →	enlargedBy
Port of Ostia (Portus Traiani) ("Emperor Trajan") →	expandedUnder
Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder →	fatherOf
Trajan ("Marcus Ulpius Traianus") →	fullName
Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum ("Emperor Trajan") →	grantedMunicipalStatusBy
Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum →	hasHonorificFrom
Nerva–Antonine dynasty ("reign of Trajan") →	hasPart
Selinus in Cilicia →	honors
Ulpius ("Roman emperor Trajan") →	notableBearer
Roman Antiquity →	notableRuler
Trajan's Column ("Emperor Trajan") →	patron
Roman Empire →	peakTerritorialExtentUnder
Roman emperors →	positionHeldBy
Hadrian →	predecessor
Circus Maximus →	rebuiltBy
Pantheon ("Emperor Trajan") →	rebuiltUnder
Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder →	relative
Hatra →	resistedSiegeBy
Suetonius ("Emperor Trajan") →	servedUnder
Pompeia Plotina →	spouse
Nerva →	succeededBy
Nerva →	successor
Domus Aurea →	suppressedBy
Trajan ("Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus") →	title
Apollodorus of Damascus →	workedFor