Trajan

Proper noun

Meaning

A male given name from Latin

A Roman emperor who ruled from AD 98 to 117

Trajan

A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Трајан (Trajan)

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Examples

The true key to the declension of the Roman empire - which is not to be found in all Gibbon's immense work - may be stated in two words: - the imperial character overlaying, and finally destroying, the national character. Rome under Trajan was an empire without a nation. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A cannon situated near the Arch of Trajan, with the Cattedrale San Ciriaco visible in the background. Source: Internet

Additionally, Trajan commissioned a canal to be built around the rapids of the Iron Gates. Source: Internet

According to tradition, Clement was imprisoned under the Emperor Trajan ; during this time he is recorded to have led a ministry among fellow prisoners. Source: Internet

Also, a mural of Trajan stopping to provide justice for a poor widow is present in the first terrace of Purgatory as a lesson to those who are purged for being proud. Source: Internet

Anthony Birley, p. 75 Trajan, seriously ill by that time, decided to return to Rome while Hadrian remained in Syria to guard the Roman rear. Source: Internet

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