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<p>[QUOTE="ro1974, post: 6444651, member: 73358"]Trajan served in Syria as a military tribune during the governorship of his father. He enjoyed a thriving career, gaining the office of praetorship in AD 85. Soon after he won command of the Seventh Legion ‘Gemina’ based at Legio (Leon) in northern Spain.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was in AD 88/89 that he marched this legion into Upper Germany help in suppressing the rebellion of Saturninus against <a href="https://historycooperative.org/domitian-2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://historycooperative.org/domitian-2/" rel="nofollow">Domitian</a>. Trajan’s army arrived too late to play any part in crushing the revolt. Though Trajan’s swift actions on the emperor’s behalf won him the goodwill of Domitian and so he was elected as consul in AD 91. Such close ties to Domitian naturally became a source of some embarassment after the loathed Domitian’s murder.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255762[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255763[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Rome, for circulation in Syria, A.D. 116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, radiate bust of Trajan right, wearing aegis / DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P, wreath containing large S C. Cf. RIC 659; Woytek 933t; McAlee 512. Brown patina[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ro1974, post: 6444651, member: 73358"]Trajan served in Syria as a military tribune during the governorship of his father. He enjoyed a thriving career, gaining the office of praetorship in AD 85. Soon after he won command of the Seventh Legion ‘Gemina’ based at Legio (Leon) in northern Spain. It was in AD 88/89 that he marched this legion into Upper Germany help in suppressing the rebellion of Saturninus against [URL='https://historycooperative.org/domitian-2/']Domitian[/URL]. Trajan’s army arrived too late to play any part in crushing the revolt. Though Trajan’s swift actions on the emperor’s behalf won him the goodwill of Domitian and so he was elected as consul in AD 91. Such close ties to Domitian naturally became a source of some embarassment after the loathed Domitian’s murder. [ATTACH=full]1255762[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1255763[/ATTACH] Rome, for circulation in Syria, A.D. 116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, radiate bust of Trajan right, wearing aegis / DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P, wreath containing large S C. Cf. RIC 659; Woytek 933t; McAlee 512. Brown patina[/QUOTE]
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