Trajan (Latin: Traianus; 18 September 53 – c. 11 August 117) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine...
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Trajan Shaka Langdon (born May 13, 1976) is an American basketball executive and former professional player. He is the current President of Basketball...
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Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana, Latin: Columna Traiani) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's...
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Trajan is a serif typeface designed in 1989 by Carol Twombly for Adobe. The design is based on the letterforms of capitalis monumentalis or Roman square...
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Nerva–Antonine dynasty (section Nerva–Trajan dynasty)
comprised seven Roman emperors who ruled from AD 96 to 192: Nerva (96–98), Trajan (98–117), Hadrian (117–138), Antoninus Pius (138–161), Marcus Aurelius (161–180)...
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Trajan's Market (Latin: Mercatus Traiani; Italian: Mercati di Traiano) is a large complex of ruins in the city of Rome, Italy, located on the Via dei Fori...
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Trajan's Forum (Latin: Forum Traiani; Italian: Foro di Traiano) was the last of the Imperial fora to be constructed in ancient Rome. The architect Apollodorus...
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Trajan's Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and Dacia during Emperor Trajan's rule. The conflicts...
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Decebalus (section Conflicts with Trajan)
period of independence during which Decebalus consolidated his rule. When Trajan came to power, his armies invaded Dacia to weaken its threat to the Roman...
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Trajan Jeffcoat (born October 7, 1999) is an American football defensive end for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played...
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Trajan's Bridge (Romanian: Podul lui Traian; Serbian: Трајанов мост, romanized: Trajanov most), also called Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube, was...
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married Vibia Sabina, Trajan's grandniece. The marriage and Hadrian's later succession as emperor were probably promoted by Trajan's wife Pompeia Plotina...
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The Gate of Trajan or Trajan's Gate (Bulgarian: Траянови врата, romanized: Trayanovi vrata) is a historic mountain pass near Ihtiman, Bulgaria. In antiquity...
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Trajan's Parthian campaign was engaged by Roman emperor Trajan in 115 against the Parthian Empire in Mesopotamia. The war was initially successful for...
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The Upper Trajan's Wall is the modern name given to a fortification located in the central area of modern Moldavia. Some scholars consider it to be of...
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Roman lettering (redirect from Trajan lettering)
Roman lettering or Trajan lettering refers to the use by artists and signwriters of Roman capitals in modern lettering, particularly in Britain. Around...
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Arch of Trajan may refer to: Arch of Trajan (Ancona), Italy Arch of Trajan (Benevento), Italy Arch of Trajan (Canosa), Italy Arch of Trajan (Mactaris)...
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Baths of Trajan (Italian: Terme di Traiano) were a massive thermae, a bathing and leisure complex, built in ancient Rome and dedicated under Trajan during...
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essentially forced him to adopt an heir. After some deliberation Nerva adopted Trajan, a young and popular general, as his successor. After barely fifteen months...
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The Temple of Trajan was a Roman temple dedicated to the emperor Trajan and his wife Plotina after his deification by the Roman Senate. It was built in...
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Trajan's Wall (Valul lui Traian in Romanian) is the name used for several linear earthen fortifications (valla) found across Eastern Europe, Moldova, Romania...
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melior Traiano (Latin: "be more fortunate than Augustus [and] better than Trajan) was the formula delivered in the Roman Senate at the inauguration of late...
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gods when outside of the temple during festivals Gateways of Domitian and Trajan the Roman Kiosk The Dendera Temple is not to be confused with the Dendera...
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Roman Provincial Forum (Mérida) (redirect from Arch of Trajan (Mérida))
with a large temple in the center, which was accessed through the Arch of Trajan. Edifices included: triumphal Arch of Tiberius, situated at the end of the...
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Trajan is a board game designed by Stefan Feld and first introduced in 2011 by German publisher Ammonit Spieleverlag. The game takes place in ancient Rome...
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Trajan the Patrician (Greek: Τραϊανός Πατρίκιος, Traianos Patrikios; Latin: Traianus Patricius) was a Byzantine historian. According to the 10th-century...
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rebellions erupted in 115 when most of the Roman armies were fighting Trajan's Parthian War on the eastern border of the Roman Empire. Major uprisings...
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Decius (redirect from Trajan Decius)
Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius (c. 201 – June 251), known as Trajan Decius or simply Decius, was Roman emperor from 249 to 251. A distinguished...
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was a Roman general and senator. He was the biological father of emperor Trajan. Traianus belonged to a branch of the gens Ulpia, which originally came...
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The Justice of Trajan is a legendary episode in the life of Roman Emperor Trajan, based upon Dio Cassius' account (Epitome of Book LXVIII, chapter 10):...
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