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Trajan wrote a chronicle, which was "very admirable" (Suda T 901). The Suda describes him as "a most faithful Christian and most Orthodox". The chronicle is commonly believed to have covered the period from the late 7th century (likely 668) to ca. 713 or 720, and was probably used by Theophanes the Confessor and Patriarch Nikephoros I of ...
[34] [35] Egyptologist Thomas Schneider argued for the existence of a theophoric name in a Book of the Dead papyrus dating to the late 18th or early 19th dynasty which he translated as ' adōnī-rō'ē-yāh, meaning "My lord is the shepherd of Yah". [36] The Mesha Stele bears the earliest known reference (840 BCE) to the Israelite god Yahweh. [37]
Eventually, Trajan's popularity among his peers was such that the Roman Senate bestowed upon him the honorific of optimus, meaning "the best", [78] [79] which appears on coins from 105 on. [80] This title had mostly to do with Trajan's role as benefactor, such as in the case of his returning confiscated property.
Trajan's response to Pliny makes it clear that being known as a "Christian" was sufficient for judicial action. [ 3 ] Everett Ferguson states that the charges against Christians by Pliny may have been partly based on the "secret crimes" associated with Christianity, later characterized by Athenagoras as atheism, cannibalistic feasts and incest ...
An example is the Holy Name Bible by Angelo B. Traina, whose publishing company, The Scripture Research Association, released the New Testament portion in 1950. On the grounds that the New Testament was originally written not in Greek but in Hebrew, he substituted "Yahweh" for the manuscripts' Κύριος.
The chronology of Traianus' career is uncertain. He may have taken his seat in the senate by the reign of Claudius. [3] In the time of Nero, he may have commanded a legion under the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo; during the First Jewish–Roman War, from AD 67 to 68, he came into favour with the future emperor Vespasian, then governor of Judaea, under whom he commanded the Tenth Legion.
Ulfilas (Greek: Οὐλφίλας; c. 311 – 383), [a] known also as Wulfila(s) or Urphilas, [5] was a 4th-century Gothic preacher of Cappadocian Greek descent. He was the apostle to the Gothic people.
It was founded by the Roman Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. The full name of the city was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi . Emperor Trajan named the city in commemoration of his mother Marcia , eldest sister Ulpia Marciana , and father Marcus Ulpius Traianus .