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Trajan (/ ˈ t r eɪ dʒ ən / TRAY-jən; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, 18 September 53 – c. 9 August 117) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.
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.
Trajan owned some lands called Figlinae Marcianae in Ameria, believed to be the place where Marcia's family was from. Marcia was a daughter of the Roman senator Quintus Marcius Barea Sura and his wife Antonia Furnilla. [2] Quintus Marcius Barea Sura was a friend to emperor Vespasian.
Trajan 53–117 r. 98–117: Ulpia Marciana 48–112: Salonia Matidia 68–119: Hadrian 76–138 r. 117–138: Vibia Sabina 80–137: Rupilia Faustina 87–138 ...
Moreover, there were often still family connections: Trajan adopted his first cousin once removed and great-nephew by marriage Hadrian, Hadrian made his half-nephew by marriage Antoninus Pius heir, and the latter adopted both Hadrian's half-great-nephew by marriage Marcus Aurelius (Antonius' nephew by marriage) and the son of Hadrian's original ...
Ulpia (full name possibly Ulpia Plotina, c. 31 – before 86) was a noble Roman woman from the gens Ulpia settled in Spain during the 1st century CE. She was the paternal aunt of the Roman emperor Trajan and the paternal grandmother of the emperor Hadrian.
Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, father of the emperor Trajan, was consul suffectus in AD 72. [i] [6] [7] [8] Ulpia, perhaps the same person as Ulpia M. f. Plotina recorded in Pompeii, was the aunt of Trajan. She married Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus, and was the grandmother of the emperor Hadrian. [6] [9]
There are two towns that Trajan founded in her honor in the Roman Empire. The first town was called Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi (modern Timgad, Algeria) and was founded around 100. This town was also named after the late parents of Marciana and Trajan.