Trajan
Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus),Roman emperor AD 98–117, was born probably in 53 at Italica in Spain, the son of Marcus Ulpius Traianus, a distinguished consular under the Flavians. His unusually long period of service as a military tribune (though hardly ten years as Pliny the Younger alleges) included a time in Syria during the governorship of his father c.75. While legionary legate in Spain he marched against Lucius Antonius Saturninus, governor of Upper Germany, who revolted against Domitian in 89. He was consul in 91, and then having been appointed by Nerva in 97 as governor of Upper Germany, was adopted by that emperor, who faced growing discontent among the praetorians, as his son and co-ruler, and became consul ordinarius (see consul) for the second time in 98. After Nerva's death Trajan first inspected the...
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