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    Trajan was Roman emperor from 98 to 117 CE. He presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history, leading the empire to its maximum size. Trajan was also known for his extensive public building programs and social welfare policies, which earned him a reputation as one of the "Five Good Emperors." Born in Spain, Trajan rose through the ranks to become a successful general and was adopted by the previous emperor Nerva. During his reign, Trajan annexed new territories and presided over a period of peace and prosperity before dying while returning to Rome in 117 CE.

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    Trajan was Roman emperor from 98 to 117 CE. He presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history, leading the empire to its maximum size. Trajan was also known for his extensive public building programs and social welfare policies, which earned him a reputation as one of the "Five Good Emperors." Born in Spain, Trajan rose through the ranks to become a successful general and was adopted by the previous emperor Nerva. During his reign, Trajan annexed new territories and presided over a period of peace and prosperity before dying while returning to Rome in 117 CE.

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    Trajan was Roman emperor from 98 to 117 CE. He presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history, leading the empire to its maximum size. Trajan was also known for his extensive public building programs and social welfare policies, which earned him a reputation as one of the "Five Good Emperors." Born in Spain, Trajan rose through the ranks to become a successful general and was adopted by the previous emperor Nerva. During his reign, Trajan annexed new territories and presided over a period of peace and prosperity before dying while returning to Rome in 117 CE.

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    Trajan was Roman emperor from 98 to 117 CE. He presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history, leading the empire to its maximum size. Trajan was also known for his extensive public building programs and social welfare policies, which earned him a reputation as one of the "Five Good Emperors." Born in Spain, Trajan rose through the ranks to become a successful general and was adopted by the previous emperor Nerva. During his reign, Trajan annexed new territories and presided over a period of peace and prosperity before dying while returning to Rome in 117 CE.

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    TRAJAN

    BY:CECILIA CANDELA
    BIOGRAPHY
    • Trajan was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially
    declared by the Senate optimus princeps ("best ruler"),
    Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who
    presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman
    history, leading the empire to attain its maximum territorial
    extent by the time of his death. He is also known for
    his philanthropic rule, overseeing extensive public building
    programs and implementing social welfare policies, which
    earned him his enduring reputation as the second of
    the Five Good Emperors who presided over an era of peace
    and prosperity in the Mediterranean world.
    BIOGRAPHY
    • Trajan was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in
    present-day Spain, an Italic settlement in
    the Roman province of Hispania Baetica. Although
    misleadingly designated by some later writers as a
    provincial, his family came from Umbria and he was
    born a Roman citizen. Trajan rose to prominence
    during the reign of emperor Domitian. Serving as
    a legatus legionis in Hispania Tarraconensis, in 89
    Trajan supported Domitian against a revolt on
    the Rhine led by Antonius Saturninus
    BIOGRAPHY
    • . In September 96, Domitian was succeeded by
    the old and childless Nerva, who proved to be
    unpopular with the army. After a brief and
    tumultuous year in power, culminating in a
    revolt by members of the Praetorian Guard,
    he was compelled to adopt the more popular
    Trajan as his heir and successor. Nerva died in
    98 and was succeeded by his adopted son
    without incident.
    BIOGRAPHY
    • As a civilian administrator, Trajan is best known for
    his extensive public building program, which
    reshaped the city of Rome and left numerous
    enduring landmarks such as Trajan's
    Forum, Trajan's Market and Trajan's Column. Early
    in his reign, he annexed the Nabataean Kingdom,
    creating the province of Arabia Petraea. His
    conquest of Dacia enriched the empire greatly, as
    the new province possessed many valuable gold
    mines.
    BIOGRAPHY
    • Trajan's war against the Parthian Empire ended
    with the sack of the capital Ctesiphon and the
    annexation of Armenia and Mesopotamia. His
    campaigns expanded the Roman Empire to its
    greatest territorial extent. In late 117, while sailing
    back to Rome, Trajan fell ill and died of a stroke in
    the city of Selinus. He was deified by the Senate
    and his ashes were laid to rest under the Column.
    He was succeeded by his cousin Hadrian, whom
    Trajan supposedly adopted on his deathbed.

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