Trajan, aka IMPERATOR CAESAR NERVA TRAIAN AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS, (851-870 ab urbe condita)The soldier-
Trajan, aka IMPERATOR CAESAR NERVA TRAIAN AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS, (851-870 ab urbe condita)The soldier-emperor behind the height of the Roman Empire is here! Second member of my Nerva-Antonine series, Imperator Trajan. See the rest of the dynasty here [x] and read more about him below the cut.☆Merch Here☆I know that most of my artwork revolves around the end of the Republic, but my undergrad thesis actually involves the coinage of second and third centuries! This period was full of just as much drama as the beginning of the empire and I love everyone (mostly). By his death in AD 117 Trajan had expanded the Roman Empire to its height (hence the map in the bg). Provinces he annexed during his reign include Dacia (the dragon sigil), Arabia (the camel sigil), and others not pictured (because there were no cool symbols for them on his coins). -- source link
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