Trajan biography

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Trajan: Optimus Princeps

October 16,

Julian Bennett wrote Trajan: Optimus Princeps as a historical biographical narrative; nevertheless, it has been cited by many scholars over the years as a source for background information and the history of Trajan, which begs the question, “to what extent does this biography contribute to the understanding of the Roman Emperorship in a scholarly way?” While I found the book informative and written in a narrative biographical style, it is not solely a biography. I will dive more into how this book is perceived by its audience and who that target audience is. Then, I will provide examples on what Bennett is trying to do and achieve with writing this book in a biographical narrative way, but also as a scholarly source. Lastly, I will add that Bennett contributes to our understanding about Trajan’s emperorship through his examination and use of the primary sources, by providing a new outlook on how Trajan should be researched and perceived. Bennett writes a comparative approach of what we know about Trajan and his rule and compares it to Domitian and Nerva. He concludes with a new theory—that Trajan is no different than Domitian. This is how Bennett explores a new way of looking at Trajan, but also how his book contributes in a scholarly way.

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Trajan

Roman emperor from AD 98 to

For the namesake typeface, see Trajan (typeface).

"Marcus Ulpius Trajanus" and "Traianus" redirect here. For the emperor's father, see Marcus Ulpius Traianus (father of Trajan). For other uses, see Traian (disambiguation).

Trajan (TRAY-jən; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, 18 September&#;53&#;&#;&#;c.&#;9 August&#;) was a Roman emperor from AD&#;98 to , remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier-emperor who presided over one of the greatest military expansions in Roman history, during which, by the time of his death, the Roman Empire reached its maximum territorial extent. He was given the title of Optimus ('the best') by the Roman Senate.

Trajan was born in the municipium of Italica in the present-day Andalusian province of Seville in southern Spain, an Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his gens Ulpia came from the town of Tuder in the Umbria region of central Italy. His namesake father, Marcus Ulpius Traianus, was a general and distinguished senator. Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of Domitian; in AD 89, serving as a legatus legionis in Hispania Tarraconensis, he supported the emperor against a revolt on the Rhine le

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Trajan
Emperor of representation Roman Empire

Marble statue state under oath Trajan artificial Colonia Ulpia Traiana (modern Xanten).
Reign	January 28, August 9,
Full name	Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus
Born	September 18, 53
Italica
Died	August 9,
Selinus
Buried	Rome (ashes instruction foot of Trajan's Column, say to lost.)
Predecessor	Nerva
Successor	Hadrian
Issue	Hadrian (adoptive)
Father	Marcus Ulpius Traianus
Mother	Marcia

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