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LaZooRo COINS Roman Empire, Trajan Silver Denarius Coin 98 - 117 AD Mint Years: 98 - 117 AD Mint Place: Rome Reference: RIC Denominations: AR Denarius Diameter: 20 mm Material: Silver Weight: 2.42 g Obverse: Bust facing right Lettering: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P Reverse: Spes advancing left holding flower Lettering: COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC Trajan 13th Emperor of the Roman Empire Marble bust of Trajan. Reign 28 January 98 – 9 August 117 Full name Marcus Ulpius Traianus(from birth to adoption);Caesar Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (from adoption to accession);Imperator Caesar Divi Nervae filius Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus (as emperor) Born 18 September 53 Birthplace Italica , ancient Hispania Died 9 August 117 (aged 63) Place of death Selinus , Cilicia Buried Rome (ashes in footof Trajan's Column , now lost) Predecessor Nerva Successor Hadrian Wife Pompeia Plotina Offspring Hadrian (adoptive) Dynasty Nervan-Antonine Father Marcus Ulpius Traianus Mother Marcia Born into a non- patrician family in the province of Hispania Baetica , Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian . Serving as a legatus legionis in Hispania Tarraconensis , in 89 Trajan supported the emperor against a revolt on the Rhine led by Antonius Saturninus . In September 96, Domitian was succeeded by Marcus Cocceius Nerva , an old and childless senator who proved to be unpopular with the army. After a brief and tumultuous year in power, a revolt by members of the Praetorian Guard compelled him to adopt the more popular Trajan as his heir and successor. Nerva died on 27 January 98, and was succeeded by his adopted son without incident. Trajan ( pron.: / ˈ tr eɪ dʒ ən /; Latin : Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus Augustus ; 18 September, 53 AD – 9 August, 117 AD), was Roman Emperor from 98 to 117. The Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent under Trajan through his conquests in the east . Trajan is also notable for the extensive public building programs and social welfare policies implemented during his reign.As a civilian administrator, Trajan is best known for his extensive public building program which reshaped the city of Rome and left multiple 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 — the new province possessed many valuable gold mines.His war against the Parthian Empire ended with the attack 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 Trajan's Column . He was succeeded by his adopted son Hadrian . As an emperor, Trajan's reputation has endured — he is one of the few rulers whose reputation has survived nineteen centuries. Every new emperor after him was honoured by the Senate with the wish felicior Augusto, melior Traiano ("[be] luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan"). Among medieval Christian theologians, Trajan was considered a virtuous pagan , while the 18th century historian Edward Gibbon popularized the notion of the Five Good Emperors , of which Trajan was the second. Early life and rise to power Denarius of Trajan. Marcus Ulpius Traianus was born on 18 September 53 in the Roman province of Hispania Baetica (in what is now Andalusia in modern Spain ), a province that was thoroughly Romanized and called southern Hispania, in the city of Italica (now in municipal area of Santiponce, in the outskirts of Seville ), where the Italian families were paramount. Of Italian stock himself, Trajan is frequently but misleadingly designated the first provincial emperor.Trajan was the son of Marcia and Marcus Ulpius T... read more

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