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====Overview===
 
[[Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus]], succeeded to [[Nerva]] in 98 CE, and ruled till 117 CE. [[Trajan]], the second of the adopted emperors, known as optimus princes was considered by his contemporaries as the most successful Roman emperor. Under his rule, the Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent. [[Trajan]]’s reign is chiefly known for his quite successful foreign policy, he annexed in 106 CE the [[Nabatean]] kingdom as the Province of [[Arabia]], he waged two successful wars which resulted in the conquest of [[Dacia]] in 107 CE, The [[Parthian War]], albeit less successful, ended with the creation of new provinces in the East. His institution of [[alimenta]] in Italy, and the erection of many public monuments, as his Forum, or his baths, characterized his rule.
 
 
====Early Career====
 
[[Trajan]] was born in the city of Italica in 53 CE in the province of [[Hispania Baetica]]. His father [[Marcus Ulpius Trajanus]] took part in the [[Jewish War]] under [[Vespasian]] and Titus, as the legatus of the Legio X Fretensis. In 76-77 CE he was appointed Governor of [[Syria]], Legatus pro praetore Syriae. [[Trajan]] had a sister Marciana. [[Trajan]] started his cursus homorum as tribunus legionis in 76-77 in [[Syria]], under the command of his father. He was appointed consul under [[Domitian]] in 91 CE. He took part in the Germanic wars of [[Domitian]], and at the accession of [[Nerva]] in 96 CE, he was in command of the Rhine frontier. In 97 CE, the childless [[Nerva]], unpopular with the army, appointed [[Trajan]] as his adoptive son and successor.
 
====Imperial Succession====
 
[[Trajan]] reign was characterized by foreign wars that brought the Roman Empire to its greatest extension. The [[First Dacian War]] against Decebalus, waged between 101-102 CE, was only a partial success. Although [[Trajan]] defeated the Dacians at Tapae, [[Trajan]] had to face next year a counter attack of Decebalus, which however resulted in a failutre for the Dacians. King Decebalus submitted, and [[Trajan]], back to Rome received the title Dacicius Maximus.  Between 105-107 CE, [[Trajan]] waged the [[Second Dacian War]]. The war was concluded with the conquest of Sarmingetusa, the Dacian capital, and the suicide of Decebalus. Dacia was annexed as a province and [[Trajan]] erected a colony, Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa on the site of the Dacian urban agglomeration. In 107 CE, with the death of the last Nabataean King, [[Trajan]] annexed his kingdom, and created the province of [[Arabia Petraea]], under the governorship of [[Sextus Florentinus]]. Two legions, the Legio III Cyrenaica and the Legio VI Ferrata, were stationed at [[Bostra]] and at [[Petra]], the former capital of the Nabataean kingdom. The conquest of the Nabatean kingdom resulted in the construction of the [[Via Nova Traiana]], which extended down the center of the province from [[Bostra]] to [[Aqaba]]. In 113 CE, [[Trajan]] started the [[Parthian War]], as consequence of the enthronement of a Parthian candidate on the throne of [[Armenia]]. The choice of the Armenian king was considered a prerogative of the Roman Empire. In 115 CE the Roman army conquered northern [[Mesopotamia]], including the cities of [[Nisibis]] and Batnae. The next year, in 116 CE, [[Trajan]] began to organize the new province of [[Mesopotamia]]. Then [[Trajan]] continued the push in southern [[Mesoptamia]], conquering [[Adiabene]], [[Babylon]], [[Seleucia]], and finally the Parthian capital, [[Ctesiphon]]. [[Trajan]] thus created two further provinces, [[Babylonia]], and [Assyria]], which covered the territory of the reign of [[Adiabene]]. [[Trajan]] then formally deposed the Parthian king [[Osroes I]] and put his own candidate [[Parthamaspates]] on the throne. However his failing health and a revolt of the Jews first in the Parthian territories conquered by [[Trajan]], and then in [[Cyrenaica]], [[Egypt]], and [[Cyprus]], obliged [[Trajan]] to withdraw. The ailing [[Trajan]] chose [[Lusius Quietus]], the Senatorial governor of [[Judaea]] to command the army, and probably he appointed Hadrian as his successor, possibly under the influence of his wife [[Plotina]]. After [[Trajan]]’s death, [[Hadrian]], his successor, had to relinquish most of the conquests made by [[Trajan]] during the [[Parthian War]]. In Italy, Trajan’rule was characteized by the institution of the [[alimenta]]. The [[alimenta]] were permanent loans from the fiscus to Italic cities or municipia. Thus out of their own revenue, the various municipia should provide maintenance allowances for the children of needy families in their territories. Later Hadrian instituted the praefectus alimentorum to supervise the treasury grants. The institution of [[alimenta]] was celebrated on the Beneventum Arch. In Rome, [[Trajan]] building policy was characterized by the erection of the huge Forum of Trajan and the related markets, and the gigantic Thermae of Trajan, not so far away. [[Marcus Ulpius Nerva Trajanus]] was indeed bestowed by the Senate the title of optimus princeps in 114 C.E.
 
 
====Trajan and the Jews ====
 
For the Jews living in the Roman Empire, [[Trajan]]’s reign was probably disastrous.
As [[Trajan]]'s army advanced victoriously through Mesopotamia, the Jews, faithful subjects of the [[Parthians]], rebelled attacking the small garrisons left behind. The insurrection swiftly spread to the recently conquered provinces. Cities with substantial Jewish populations, [[Nisibis]], [[Edessa]], [[Seleucia]], and [[Arbela]], were conquered by the rebels. Moreover, between 115 and 117 C.E. the Jewish communities of [[Cyrenaica]], [[Egypt]] and [[Cyprus]] revolted. The revolt begun in [[Cyrenaica]] under the leadership of a certain [[Lukuas]] or [[Andreas]], who according to [[Eusebius]], called himself king of the Jews. The Jewish army, destroyed [[Cyrene]] and moved towards [[Egypt]], where the rebellion spread between the Jews living there. The city of [[Alexandria]] was probably conquered, and the Roman governor, [[Marcus Rutilius Lupus]], had to retire. It seems that the revolt extended to [[Cyprus]]. [[Trajan]] sent reinforcement under the leadership of the praefectus praetorio [[Quintus Marcius Turbo]]. The repression of the revolt, under the leadership of the consular [[Lusius Quietus]], continued till the beginning of Hadrian reign. The result was that [[Cyrenaica]] and [[Egypt]], mainly the countryside, were completely ravaged. On the other side, the local Jewish communities were completely wiped out. It is not clear what happened in [[Judaea]], where Rabbinic literature mention two leaders, [[Julian]] and [[Pappus]], who were executed during [[Trajan]]’s reign.
 
 
== Trajan in ancient sources==
 
== Trajan in Scholarship==
 
== Trajan in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
 
*[[Roman Emperors]]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan Wikipedia]
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=293&letter=T&search=Trajan Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)]




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