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Marcus Ulpius Traianus Maior (about 30 - before 100) (Latin: Maior, "the elder") was a Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 senator who lived in the 1st century.

anus was a member of gens Ulpia
Ulpius

Ulpius may refer to:*Marcus Ulpius Traianus , Roman senator*Ulpia Marciana, 48-114, sister of Emperor Trajan*Ulpius Marcellus, 2nd century Roman governor of Britannia...
. Traianus was originally from Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, but is of Roman descent. His mother is unknown, however his paternal ancestors migrated from Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and settled in Italica
Italica

The city of Italica was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War....
 in the Roman Province of Hispania Baetica
Hispania Baetica

Hispania Baetica was one of three Imperial Roman provincesin Hispania, . Hispania Baetica was bordered to the west by Lusitania , and to the northeast by Hispania Tarraconensis....
 (Italica
Italica

The city of Italica was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War....
 is near modern, Seville
Seville

||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
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Marcus Ulpius Traianus Maior (about 30 - before 100) (Latin: Maior, "the elder") was a Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 senator who lived in the 1st century.

Family

Traianus was a member of gens Ulpia
Ulpius

Ulpius may refer to:*Marcus Ulpius Traianus , Roman senator*Ulpia Marciana, 48-114, sister of Emperor Trajan*Ulpius Marcellus, 2nd century Roman governor of Britannia...
. Traianus was originally from Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, but is of Roman descent. His mother is unknown, however his paternal ancestors migrated from Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 and settled in Italica
Italica

The city of Italica was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War....
 in the Roman Province of Hispania Baetica
Hispania Baetica

Hispania Baetica was one of three Imperial Roman provincesin Hispania, . Hispania Baetica was bordered to the west by Lusitania , and to the northeast by Hispania Tarraconensis....
 (Italica
Italica

The city of Italica was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War....
 is near modern, Seville
Seville

||-||}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
). His sister was called Ulpia Traiana, who would be the mother of praetor Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer
Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer

Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer was a Roman who lived in the 1st century. Afer was originally from Spain; however, he was of Ancient Rome descent....
 (father of Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
 Hadrian
Hadrian

Publius Aelius Hadrianus , as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English language, was Roman Emperor of Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoicism and Epicureanism philosopher....
). Traianus married a Roman woman called Marcia
Marcia (mother of Trajan)

Marcia was a Roman woman who lived in the 1st century in the Roman Empire and the mother of the Roman emperor Trajan....
. They had two children, a daughter called Ulpia Marciana
Ulpia Marciana

Ulpia Marciana was the beloved elder sister of Roman Emperor Trajan. She was the eldest child born to Roman woman Marcia and the Hispania senator Marcus Ulpius Traianus ....
 and a son, the future Roman Emperor Trajan
Trajan

Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 98 until his death in 117. Born Marcus Ulpius Traianus into a nonpatrician family in the Hispania Baetica province , Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian, serving as a general in the Roman army along the Limes G...
. He was the maternal grandfather to Salonina Matidia
Salonina Matidia

Salonina Matidia was a daughter and only child to Ulpia Marciana and wealthy praetor Gaius Salonius Matidius Patruinus. Her maternal uncle was Roman Emperor Trajan....
; a maternal uncle to praetor Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer
Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer

Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer was a Roman who lived in the 1st century. Afer was originally from Spain; however, he was of Ancient Rome descent....
 and a great paternal uncle to future Roman Emperor Hadrian
Hadrian

Publius Aelius Hadrianus , as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after his apotheosis, known as Hadrian in English language, was Roman Emperor of Roman Empire from AD 117 to 138, as well as a Stoicism and Epicureanism philosopher....
.

Career

Traianus was the first member of his family to enter the Roman Senate
Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
. Before 67, Traianus might have commanded a legion under the Roman General Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo

Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo was a Ancient Rome general....
. Under Vespasian
Vespasian

Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian , was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 A.D....
 (who was the Roman Governor of Judea
Judea

Judea or Jud?a is the name given to the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel , an area now divided between Israel and the West Bank ....
), Traianus commanded the tenth legion legio X Frentensis during the First Jewish–Roman War between 67-68. During this time, he came into favor with the future emperor.

Due to his successes, Vespasian awarded Traianus with the governorship of an unknown Roman province and a consulship in 70. In later years, he served as a Roman Governor of Hispania Baetica
Hispania Baetica

Hispania Baetica was one of three Imperial Roman provincesin Hispania, . Hispania Baetica was bordered to the west by Lusitania , and to the northeast by Hispania Tarraconensis....
, Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
, in 79 or 80 governed an unknown Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
n province and then western Anatolia
Anatolia

Anatolia or Asia Minor is a region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. It is a geographic region bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Caucasus to the northeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Iranian plateau to the east and southeast....
. During his time in Syria, Traianus prevented a Parthia
Parthia

Parthia is a region of north-eastern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Arsacid dynasty, after which the Arsacid Empire is then also known as the 'Parthian Empire'....
n invasion.

Legacy

Traianus lived in his final years in honor and distinction and probably lived to see his son to become emperor. Around 100, his son Trajan had founded a colony in North Africa
North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa.Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Northern Africa includes the following seven countries or territories:...
. This colony became a town and was called Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi (modern Timgad
Timgad

Timgad was a Roman colonial town in North Africa founded by the Emperor Trajan around 100. The full name of the town was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi....
, Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
). His son named this town in honor of him, his late wife and his daughter. The colony’s name is also a tribute in honoring his sister and his paternal ancestry. In 113, Traianus was deified by his son, and his titulature
Aulic titulature

Aulic titulature is a term, derived from the Greek Aul? and Latin Aula for hierarchic systems of titles specifically in use for court protocol....
 reads divus Traianus pater.

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