Examples of Trajan in the following topics:
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- After Nerva's short rule, his adoptive heir Trajan, a popular military leader, ruled as emperor from 98 to 117 AD.
- With Trajan's troops pressing towards the Dacian capital Sarmizegetusa Regia, Decebalus once more sought truce terms.
- In response Trajan again marched into Dacia, besieging the Dacian capital in the Siege of Sarmizegetusa, and razing it.
- Trajan announced 123 days of celebrations throughout the Empire.
- Hadrian had already surrendered Trajan's conquests in Mesopotamia, considering them to be indefensible.
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- These emperors are Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, and Commodus.
- The rulers commonly known as the "Five Good Emperors" were Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.
- After some deliberation, Nerva chose Trajan, a young and popular general, as his successor.
- After barely fifteen months in office, Nerva died of natural causes on in 98, and upon his death, he was succeeded and deified by Trajan.
- Trajan was Roman emperor from 98 CE until his death in 117 CE.
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- Trajan was known for his philanthropic rule, overseeing extensive public building programs and implementing social welfare policies, which earned him his enduring reputation as the second of the Five Good Emperors who presided over an era of peace and prosperity in the Mediterranean world.
- The care bestowed by Trajan on the managing of such public spectacles led the orator Fronto to state approvingly that Trajan had paid equal attention to entertainments as well as to serious issues.
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- It was not until the reign of Trajan, in 106, that a decisive victory against Decebalus was procured.
- Again, the Roman army sustained heavy losses, but Trajan succeeded in capturing Sarmizegetusa and, importantly, annexed the gold and silver mines of Dacia.
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- He does not appear in Suetonius' version of the events, but this may be understandable, since his works were published under Nerva's direct descendants Trajan and Hadrian.