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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 5668981, member: 99554&quot;]<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/B%C3%BCste_des_Kaisers_Trajan.JPG/1868px-B%C3%BCste_des_Kaisers_Trajan.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Museum of Art History in Vienna, Austria.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reign of the Roman emperor <b>Trajan</b>, from 98 to 117 AD, brought Roman territorial expansion to its peak and left the memory of a period of peace, prosperity, administrative stability. <b>Trajan</b> was long considered the model of the perfect emperor. The first emperor to have been born outside Italy, <b>Trajan</b> came from southern Spain. His nomination by the generals was a bold and important move, signaling that educated and wealthy men from all over the empire were eligible for the highest office.</p><p>He conquered Dacia (now part of Romania), which provided land for Roman settlers and a rich harvest of gold and salt. He then attacked the Parthians, Rome&#039;s old enemy in the east, who lived in what is now part of Iran. By 115 AD he had captured the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon and reached the Persian Gulf.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few of his achievements:</p><p>Trajan&#039;s Column (Latin: <i>Columna Traiani</i>) is a Roman triumphal column located on Trajan&#039;s Forum in Rome. It is 130 feet high. It is famous for the bas-relief which spirals around its shaft and commemorates the victory of Emperor <b>Trajan</b> over the Dacians.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242536[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The <i>Via Traiana</i> is a Roman road built under Emperor <b>Trajan</b>, to whom it owes its name, offering a more pleasant coastal alternative to the Via Appia up to Brundisium.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242537[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan</b> is one of the emperors who minted the most coins. One of the reasons for this is the devaluation of 107 AD. At that time, it decreases the silver purity of the denarius which allows it to issue significantly more coins. During his reign, almost 200 workshops were minting coins in the provinces. Since he was a warrior first and foremost and the greater part of his coinage will portray military themes and honor the favored gods of war. It will also become evident that This Emperor&#039;s coins set records for the longest legends around the rim of each coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>On the day he became Emperor, please show us your Trajan&#039;s coins !</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Trajan</b> denarius</p><p>Trajan&#039;s column</p><p>OPTIMO PRINCIPI</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242539[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan </b>Sestertius (worn but my biggest with 34mm 25.80g)</p><p>IMP CAES NERVA TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VPP <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie41" alt=":depressed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1242538[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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