Trajan Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary13,899,177,715visits served TheFreeDictionary Google ? Keyboard Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text EnglishEspañolDeutschFrançaisItalianoالعربية中文简体PolskiPortuguêsNederlandsNorskΕλληνικήРусс...
Regardless, in the eyes of Rome, Trajan was considered somewhat of an outsider, but his illustrious military career and skillful governing abilities would leave little doubt as to his authority. Trajan's father, of the same name as his son, was the first in the family line to obtaina Senat...
Regardless, in 54 AD Claudius was dead, and the 17 year old Nero rose as the next Roman emperor. Under the guidance of his mother,his tutor Senecaand the Praetorian Prefect Afranius Burrus, the first five years of Nero's reign was actually considered exemplary (Trajanlater said that first ...
(Germania Superior), Trajan probably arrived after the revolt had already been suppressed by the governor of Lower Germany (Germania Inferior). Trajan clearly enjoyed the favour of Domitian, who in 91 allowed him to hold one of the two consulships, which, even under the empire, remained most...
The policies of his reign, though sensible, reveal no great imaginativeness, compared with those of such later emperors as Trajan or Hadrian. Yet it was justly believed by contemporaries that Vespasian had prevented the dissolution of the empire by putting an end to civil war, and it was ...
[18] What exactly transpired in the Throne Room is unclear, with both Guilliman and Captain-General Trajann Valoris having no memory of what exactly took place. Apparently, during their conversation, the Emperor called Guilliman both a tool and his son and the last hope to save Mankind. He...
A second temple was built in honor of Trajan at the end of the 1st cent. and a third for Severus a cent. later. Only the first temple functioned when the apocalyptic letter was written to Pergamum, but its ritual and worship were sufficient to make the presence of the imperial power ...
(Biography) Latin namePublius Aelius Hadrianus.76–138 ad, Roman emperor (117–138); adopted son and successor of Trajan. He travelled throughout the Roman Empire, strengthening its frontiers and encouraging learning and architecture, and in Rome he reorganized the army and codified Roman law ...
but his importance cannot be denied. If not for the rather harsh reign of his second son, Domitian, the period between Vespasian andMarcus Aureliusmay have been known as that of the '7 Good Emperors'rather than just five(Vespasian and Titus added toNerva,Trajan,Hadrian,Antoninus PiusandMarcus...
institute various political,militaryand social reforms, Pertinax' reign would end so abruptly that he would have little time to develop a complete governing strategy, name a stabilizing and popular heir (such as Nerva did withTrajan) or rebuild the treasury that had been so terribly drained by ...