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Emperor Trajan in Pharonic aspect with hieroglyph name (), making offerings to Egyptian Gods, on the Roman Mammisi at the Dendera Temple complex, Egypt. [ 142 ] [ 143 ] Some historians attribute the construction or reconstruction of Old Cairo 's Roman fortress (also known as "Babylon Fort") to Trajan, and the building of a canal between the ...
In his 2023 book Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, RPG historian Stu Horvath noted, "The most curious thing about DragonRaid is what amounts to the magic system, which is based on the idea of Word Runes, essentially Bible quotes that must be recited from memory to, well, create magical effects ... it is an extremely early example of the dialogue-as-mechanic ideas that would crop up in ...
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 ...
Trajan's Column, a monument raised in his honor. Trajan (typeface), a font made by Carol Twombly based on the inscriptions on the column. Trajan Decius, the 34th Roman emperor; Traianus (magister peditum), Roman general in the Gothic War (376–382) Trajan the Patrician, Byzantine historian; Traian Băsescu, President of Romania from 2004 to 2014
The Naumachia Vaticana or Trajan's Naumachia (Latin: Naumachia Traiani), also referred to inaccurately as the Circus of Hadrian, was an ancient structure in Rome, Italy, dedicated by Roman emperor Trajan in AD 109. A naumachia, it functioned as a large stadium that could be filled with water to reenact naval battles for an audience.
Emperor Trajan named the city in commemoration of his mother Marcia, eldest sister Ulpia Marciana, and father Marcus Ulpius Traianus. Located in modern-day Algeria , about 35 kilometers (22 mi) east of the city of Batna , the ruins are noteworthy for representing one of the best extant examples of the grid plan as used in Roman town planning.
This is a list of science fiction and fantasy artists, notable and well-known 20th- and 21st-century artists who have created book covers or interior illustrations for books, or who have had their own books or comic books of fantastic art with science fiction or fantasy themes published. Artists known exclusively for their work in comic books ...
The main source studying the history of Trajan lettering in Britain is Professor James Mosley's 1964 article Trajan Revived; [30] [31] and research by Dr. John Nash [20] [32] [33] [34] and biographers of individual artists. [35] Roman capitals were one of the main forms of lettering of the ancient world.