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'''Trajan''' ([[Latin]]: ''Traianus''; 18 September 53{{snds}}{{circa|11 August 117}}) was a [[Roman emperor]] from AD 98 to 117, the second of the [[Five Good Emperors]] of the [[Nerva–Antonine dynasty]]. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier-emperor who led the [[Roman Empire]] to its [[Roman expansion|greatest territorial extent]] by the time of his death. He was given the title of {{lang|la|
Trajan was born in the ''[[municipium]]'' of [[Italica]] in the present-day [[Andalusia]]n province of [[province of Seville|Seville]] in southern Spain, an [[Italic peoples|Italic settlement]] in [[Hispania Baetica]]; his [[gens Ulpia]] came from the town of [[Todi|Tuder]] in the [[Regio VI Umbria|Umbria]] region of central Italy. His namesake father, [[Marcus Ulpius Traianus (father of Trajan)|Marcus Ulpius Traianus]], was a general and distinguished senator. Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of [[Domitian]]; in AD 89, serving as a ''[[legatus legionis]]'' in [[Hispania Tarraconensis]], he supported the emperor against a revolt on the [[Rhine]] led by [[Antonius Saturninus]]. He then served as governor of [[limes Germanicus|Germania]] and [[Pannonia]]. In September 96, Domitian was succeeded by the elderly and childless [[Nerva]], who proved to be unpopular with the army. After a revolt by members of the [[Praetorian Guard]], Nerva decided to adopt as his heir and successor the more popular Trajan, who had distinguished himself in military campaigns against Germanic tribes.
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