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Trajan ( TRAY-jən; Latin: Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53 – c. 11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Declared optimus princeps ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as one of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty due to his philanthropic rule and as a successful soldier-emperor who led the Roman Empire to attain its greatest territorial extent by the time of his death. Trajan was born in Italica, close to modern Santiponce in present-day Spain, a small Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Ulpia gens, the Ulpii Traiani, came from the town of Tuder in the Umbria region of central Italy. His father, Marcus Ulpius Traianus, also from Italica, was a senator. Trajan rose to prominence during the reig… more »