1. Trajan’s reign begin, January 28, 98AD.
2. He arrives in Rome, 99AD.
3. He is awarded the title Optimus Princeps, 100.
4. The First Dacian War begins, 101.
5. The First Dacian War ends in victory, 102.
6. Trajan restores the Circus Maximus, 103.
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8. The Second Dacian War begins. After several Roman forts are destroyed, Southern Caledonia is evacuated, 105.
9. Work begins on the Basilica Ulpia (the Basilica of Trajan) by the architect Apollodorus of Damascus. Dacia is conquered, 106.
10. Dacia and Arabia Petraea are annexed, 107.
11. His Decennalia is celebrated, 108.
12. The Third Persecution of Christians begins.The Tropaeum Traiani monument ia built at Adamklissi, 109.
13. Frontier forts are built in Africa, 110.
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16. The Basilica Ulpia is completed, 113.
17. Mesopotamia is conquered, 114.
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20. Trajan dies while sailing back to Rome, August 11, 117. He is deified.
Trajan is known as the Third Persecutor. Dacia was an area comparable to modern Romania; Arabia Petraea to modern Jordan.
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