1. TRAJAN REIGNED FROM (A.D. 98-117)

2. FAMILY ► BORN INTO AN NOBLE FAMILY. ► LED TO A MILITARY AND POLITICAL CAREER.

3. RISE TO POWER ► SERVED IN THE MILITARY ► SERVED QUAESTOR AND PRAETOR ► CRUSHED UPRISINGS ALONG THE RHINE, AND FOUGHT AGAINST GERMANS ALONG THE DANUBE ► MADE CONSUL IN 91 A.D ► ADOPTED BY EMPEROR NERVA AS INTENDED SUCCESSOR IN 97 A.D.

4. BUILDING PROJECTS ► The arch at Beneventum represents Trajan as a civilian emperor, ► Imperial Forum which bore his name ► Construction and improvement of harbors ► The great bridge at Alcantara in Spain, spanning the Tagus River

5. SOCIAL PROGRAMS ► Improved strained relations with the senate ► Introduction of curatores who assumed financial control of local communities. ► Improving the supply of grain and distribution process ► Provided aid to the poor and needy

6. MILITARY EXPANSION ► Dacia, The province of Arabia by 109 A.D. ► In 114 he attacked Armenia ► Over three more years he took Babylon and the capital of Ctesiphon ► Suppressed revolts among the conquered peoples, particularly the Jews

7. Death ► Died of illness in 117 A.D. ► His heir, Hadrian, immediately gave up all of eastern territory gained under Trajan.