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also known asTrajan

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The Roman emperor Trajan, or Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, was the first non-Italian emperor and a military leader of established experience loved both by the army and the Senate. He expanded Rome's territory to its farthest limits, and his designation as optimus princeps, "the best of princes," attests to his reputation.

Background

Ethnicity: Trajan's non-patrician family was of Italian and Iberian origin.

Marcus Ulpius Traianus was born on September 18, 53 AD in Italica, Hispania (now Province of Seville, Andalusia, Spain); the son of Marcia, a Roman noblewoman and sister-in-law of the second Flavian Emperor Titus, and Marcus Ulpius Traianus, a prominent senator and general from the gens Ulpia. His elder sister was Ulpia Marciana, and his niece was Salonina Matidia.

Career

Trajan served 10 years as a legionary staff tribune. He the