Traianus belonged to a branch of the gens Ulpia, which originally came from the Umbrian city of Tuder, but he was born and raised in the Roman colony of Italica, north of modern Santiponce and northwest of Seville, in the Roman Province of Hispania Baetica.[2] The town was founded in 206 BC by Scipio Africanus, as a settlement for wounded and invalid veterans of the wars against Carthage.[2] The Ulpii, like the Aelii and the Traii, were among the leading Roman families of the city.[2] From the latter family came the ancestors of Traianus, who intermarried with the Ulpii, giving rise to the cognomenTraianus.[2] Since the father of Traianus joined the ranks of the senators in Rome, it is very likely that his grandfather was already a member of the Roman Senate.[2] The ancestry of Traianus' mother is unknown. His sister Ulpia was the mother of Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer, and grandmother of the emperorHadrian. Traianus married a Roman noblewoman named Marcia.[3] She was the elder sister of Marcia Furnilla, the second wife of Titus, which enabled her to further her husband's career.[3] They had two children: a daughter, Ulpia Marciana, and a son, Marcus, the future emperor Trajan.[3]
Careeredit
The chronology of Traianus' career is uncertain. He may have taken his seat in the senate by the reign of Claudius.[3] In the time of Nero, he may have commanded a legion under the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo; during the First Jewish–Roman War, from AD 67 to 68, he came into favour with the future emperor Vespasian, then governor of Judaea, under whom he commanded the Tenth Legion. After his accession to the Empire, Vespasian recognized Traianus' military successes by awarding him the governorship of Cappadocia, and naming him consul suffectus for the months of September and October in AD 72.[a] After his consulship, Trajan served as governor of Syria from 73 to 74, then proconsul of Asia from 79 to 80. He was also governor of Hispania Baetica, but the time of this appointment is unknown.[6]
Legacyedit
Traianus lived out his final years in honor and distinction. Indirect evidence suggests that he may have died before his son became emperor in AD 98.[7] In AD 100, his son founded a colony in North Africa, named Colonia Marciana Ulpia Trajana Thamugadi after his mother and father; today the town is known as Timgad, in Algeria.[8] In 112, Traianus was deified by his son, becoming known as Divus Traianus Pater.[9]
^The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA "Marcus Aurelius" 24.
DIR contributors (2000). "De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
Giacosa, Giorgio (1977). Women of the Caesars: Their Lives and Portraits on Coins. Translated by R. Ross Holloway. Milan: Edizioni Arte e Moneta. ISBN0-8390-0193-2.
Lambert, Royston (1984). Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous. New York: Viking. ISBN0-670-15708-2.
^Gallivan dated Trajan's consulship to AD 70, based on his arrangement of the fragments of tablet 'E' of the Fasti Ostienses;[4] however, subsequent recovery of fragments allowed Vidman to date his tenure to the months of September and October of 72.[5]
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Citationsedit
^Ratkovic, Deana (2015). "New Attribution of a Roman Bronze Portrait from Pontes (Iron Gate Limes)". New Research on Ancient Bronzes. 10: 113–116.
^Vidman, Ladislav (1982). Fasti Ostienses (in Latin). Prague: Academia. pp. 73–75. OCLC 220156633.
^Eck, Werner (1982). "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139". Chiron: Mitteilungen der Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts (12): 281–362. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^Hitchner, R. Bruce (2022). A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity. John Wiley & Sons. p. 183. ISBN978-1-4443-5001-2.
^Boatwright, Mary T. (2021). Hadrian and the City of Rome. Princeton University Press. p. 88. ISBN978-0-691-22402-2.
Works citededit
Bennett, Julian (1997). Trajan: Optimus Princeps : a Life and Times. Routledge. ISBN978-0-415-16524-2. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
Gallivan, Paul (1981). "The Fasti for A.D. 70–96*". The Classical Quarterly. 31 (1): 186–220. doi:10.1017/S0009838800021194. ISSN 1471-6844. S2CID 171027163. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
Strobel, Karl (2010). Kaiser Traian: eine Epoche der Weltgeschichte (in German). Friedrich Pustet. ISBN978-3-7917-2172-9. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
General sourcesedit
"Roman Emperors - DIR Trajan". Roman Emperors. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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Marcus Ulpius Traianus fl 1st century was a Roman senator and the father of Emperor Trajan Marcus Ulpius TraianusBust at the National Museum of Serbia Belgrade usually identified as Trajan s father It may instead depict Trajan himself 1 BornItalicaDiedbefore AD 98SpouseMarciaIssueTrajan and Ulpia Marciana Reverse of Roman aureus struck under Trajan AD 115 commemorating the elder Traianus after his deification Contents 1 Family 2 Career 3 Legacy 4 Nerva Antonine family tree 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 7 1 Citations 7 2 Works cited 7 3 General sourcesFamily editTraianus belonged to a branch of the gens Ulpia which originally came from the Umbrian city of Tuder but he was born and raised in the Roman colony of Italica north of modern Santiponce and northwest of Seville in the Roman Province of Hispania Baetica 2 The town was founded in 206 BC by Scipio Africanus as a settlement for wounded and invalid veterans of the wars against Carthage 2 The Ulpii like the Aelii and the Traii were among the leading Roman families of the city 2 From the latter family came the ancestors of Traianus who intermarried with the Ulpii giving rise to the cognomen Traianus 2 Since the father of Traianus joined the ranks of the senators in Rome it is very likely that his grandfather was already a member of the Roman Senate 2 The ancestry of Traianus mother is unknown His sister Ulpia was the mother of Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer and grandmother of the emperor Hadrian Traianus married a Roman noblewoman named Marcia 3 She was the elder sister of Marcia Furnilla the second wife of Titus which enabled her to further her husband s career 3 They had two children a daughter Ulpia Marciana and a son Marcus the future emperor Trajan 3 Career editThe chronology of Traianus career is uncertain He may have taken his seat in the senate by the reign of Claudius 3 In the time of Nero he may have commanded a legion under the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo during the First Jewish Roman War from AD 67 to 68 he came into favour with the future emperor Vespasian then governor of Judaea under whom he commanded the Tenth Legion After his accession to the Empire Vespasian recognized Traianus military successes by awarding him the governorship of Cappadocia and naming him consul suffectus for the months of September and October in AD 72 a After his consulship Trajan served as governor of Syria from 73 to 74 then proconsul of Asia from 79 to 80 He was also governor of Hispania Baetica but the time of this appointment is unknown 6 Legacy editTraianus lived out his final years in honor and distinction Indirect evidence suggests that he may have died before his son became emperor in AD 98 7 In AD 100 his son founded a colony in North Africa named Colonia Marciana Ulpia Trajana Thamugadi after his mother and father today the town is known as Timgad in Algeria 8 In 112 Traianus was deified by his son becoming known as Divus Traianus Pater 9 Nerva Antonine family tree editvteNerva Antonine family tree Q Marcius Barea SoranusQ Marcius Barea SuraAntonia FurnillaM Cocceius NervaSergia PlautillaP Aelius Hadrianus Titus r 79 81 Marcia FurnillaMarciaTrajanus PaterNerva r 96 98 Ulpia i Aelius Hadrianus Marullinus Flavia ii Marciana iii C Salonius Matidius iv Trajan r 98 117 PlotinaP Acilius AttianusP Aelius Afer v Paulina Major vi Lucius Mindius 2 Libo Rupilius Frugi 3 Salonia Matidia vii L Vibius Sabinus 1 viii Paulina Minor vi L Julius Ursus Servianus ix Matidia Minor vii Sabina iii Hadrian v x vi r 117 138 Antinous xi C Fuscus Salinator IJulia Serviana Paulina M Annius Verus xii Rupilia Faustina xiii xiv Boionia ProcillaCn Arrius Antoninus L Ceionius CommodusAppia SeveraC Fuscus Salinator II L Caesennius PaetusArria AntoninaArria Fadilla xv T Aurelius Fulvus L Caesennius AntoninusL CommodusPlautiaunknown xvi C Avidius Nigrinus M Annius Verus xiii Calvisia Domitia Lucilla xvii Fundania xviii M Annius Libo xiii Faustina xv Antoninus Pius r 138 161 xv L Aelius Caesar xvi Avidia xvi Cornificia xiii Marcus Aurelius r 161 180 xix Faustina Minor xix C Avidius Cassius xx Aurelia Fadilla xv Lucius Verus r 161 169 xvi 1 Ceionia Fabia xvi Plautius Quintillus xxi Q Servilius PudensCeionia Plautia xvi Cornificia Minor xxii M Petronius SuraCommodus r 177 192 xix Fadilla xxii M Annius Verus Caesar xix Ti Claudius Pompeianus 2 Lucilla xix M Plautius Quintillus xvi Junius Licinius BalbusServilia Ceionia Petronius AntoninusL Aurelius Agaclytus 2 Aurelia Sabina xxii L Antistius Burrus 1 Plautius QuintillusPlautia ServillaC Furius Sabinus TimesitheusAntonia GordianaJunius Licinius Balbus Furia Sabina TranquillinaGordian III r 238 244 1 1st spouse 2 2nd spouse 3 3rd spouse Reddish purple indicates emperor of the Nerva Antonine dynasty lighter purple indicates designated imperial heir of said dynasty who never reigned grey indicates unsuccessful imperial aspirants bluish purple indicates emperors of other dynasties dashed lines indicate adoption dotted lines indicate love affairs unmarried relationships Small Caps posthumously deified Augusti Augustae or other Notes Except where otherwise noted the notes below indicate that an individual s parentage is as shown in the above family tree Sister of Trajan s father Giacosa 1977 p 7 Giacosa 1977 p 8 a b Levick 2014 p 161 Husband of Ulpia Marciana Levick 2014 p 161 a b Giacosa 1977 p 7 a b c DIR contributor Herbert W Benario 2000 Hadrian a b Giacosa 1977 p 9 Husband of Salonia Matidia Levick 2014 p 161 Smith 1870 Julius Servianus Smith 1870 Hadrian pp 319 322 Lover of Hadrian Lambert 1984 p 99 and passim deification Lamber 1984 pp 2 5 etc Husband of Rupilia Faustina Levick 2014 p 163 a b c d Levick 2014 p 163 It is uncertain whether Rupilia Faustina was Frugi s daughter by Salonia Matidia or another woman a b c d Levick 2014 p 162 a b c d e f g Levick 2014 p 164 Wife of M Annius Verus Giacosa 1977 p 10 Wife of M Annius Libo Levick 2014 p 163 a b c d e Giacosa 1977 p 10 The epitomator of Cassius Dio 72 22 gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius This is also echoed in HA Marcus Aurelius 24 Husband of Ceionia Fabia Levick 2014 p 164 a b c Levick 2014 p 117 References DIR contributors 2000 De Imperatoribus Romanis An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families Retrieved 14 April 2015 Giacosa Giorgio 1977 Women of the Caesars Their Lives and Portraits on Coins Translated by R Ross Holloway Milan Edizioni Arte e Moneta ISBN 0 8390 0193 2 Lambert Royston 1984 Beloved and God The Story of Hadrian and Antinous New York Viking ISBN 0 670 15708 2 Levick Barbara 2014 Faustina I and II Imperial Women of the Golden Age Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 537941 9 Smith William ed 1870 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology See also editUlpia gensNotes edit Gallivan dated Trajan s consulship to AD 70 based on his arrangement of the fragments of tablet E of the Fasti Ostienses 4 however subsequent recovery of fragments allowed Vidman to date his tenure to the months of September and October of 72 5 References editCitations edit Ratkovic Deana 2015 New Attribution of a Roman Bronze Portrait from Pontes Iron Gate Limes New Research on Ancient Bronzes 10 113 116 a b c d e Strobel 2010 p 40 a b c d Strobel 2010 p 41 Gallivan 1981 p 187 Vidman Ladislav 1982 Fasti Ostienses in Latin Prague Academia pp 73 75 OCLC 220156633 Eck Werner 1982 Jahres und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69 70 bis 138 139 Chiron Mitteilungen der Kommission fur Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts 12 281 362 Retrieved 26 March 2020 Bennett 1997 p 20 Hitchner R Bruce 2022 A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity John Wiley amp Sons p 183 ISBN 978 1 4443 5001 2 Boatwright Mary T 2021 Hadrian and the City of Rome Princeton University Press p 88 ISBN 978 0 691 22402 2 Works cited edit Bennett Julian 1997 Trajan Optimus Princeps a Life and Times Routledge ISBN 978 0 415 16524 2 Retrieved 26 March 2020 Gallivan Paul 1981 The Fasti for A D 70 96 The Classical Quarterly 31 1 186 220 doi 10 1017 S0009838800021194 ISSN 1471 6844 S2CID 171027163 Retrieved 26 March 2020 Strobel Karl 2010 Kaiser Traian eine Epoche der Weltgeschichte in German Friedrich Pustet ISBN 978 3 7917 2172 9 Retrieved 26 March 2020 General sources edit Roman Emperors DIR Trajan Roman Emperors Retrieved 26 March 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marcus Ulpius Traianus father of Trajan amp oldid 1190294734, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
