Trajan Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus Augustus‚ or better known as Trajan‚ was born at Italica‚ in Spain‚ on September 18‚ 53 AD. Of Italian stock himself‚ Trajan is frequently but misleadingly designated the first provincial emperor. Trajan was the son of Marcia and Marcus Ulpius Traianus‚ a prominent senator and general from Ulpia. Trajan himself was just one of many well-known Ulpii in a line that continued long after his own death. His elder sister was Ulpia Marciana and his niece was Salonina
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Pliny was a governor for Rome who served Emperor Trajan. When Christianity first appeared in his area he was not sure how it should be dealt with. So‚ he wrote a letter to Emperor Trajan reporting what he had done so far and asking for further instructions because he was in doubt. Pliny starts his letter with a series of questions before going into what he has already done. Pliny has already questioned the ones believed to be Christians and ask them whether they were Christians or not. Then‚ those
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In Pliny’s “Letters” to the Emperor Trajan‚ the Roman Empire’s encounters with early Christianity caused Pliny‚ the local political authority‚ to adopt a measured response to the increasingly popular religion‚ instead of instant termination of the immediate threat. This was done in part as an effort to counteract the religion’s spread without antagonizing what was a growing proportion of the population. As Christianity gained traction‚ it became necessary for political administrators to reaffirm
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September 18‚ 53 and died on August 9‚ 117‚ Roman Emperor (98117)‚ commonly called Trajan‚ was the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Roman Empire. The five good emperors heightened the overall Roman Empire. Trajan was born into a prominent political family. He was the son of Marci and Marcus Ulpius Traianus‚ a prominent senator and general. In the mid 70’s‚ Trajan’s father was Governor of Syria ‚ where Trajan himself remained as Tribunus legions. Trajan was nominated as Consul and brought Apollodorus
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During the first three hundred years of the Roman Empire the issue of succeeding as Emperor was decided either dynastically or by Adoptive succession. In Dynastic succession the current Emperor selects one of his relatives to succeed him. In some cases like with Augustus choosing Tiberius‚ the choice is only made because the intended successors are no longer a viable option‚ in this case due to the deaths of his intended heirs. Throughout the rest of the Julio-Claudian line and also with Commodus
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Hirohito Emperor of Japan “A revolutionary leader that changed Japan with a quiet dignity and a peaceful attitude.” Stephanie Keenan Period 1 3/25/12 Hirohito ’s Background Emperor Hirohito of Japan was born to Crown Prince Yoshihito (later the Emperor Taisho) and Crown Princess Sadako at the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo on April 29th‚ 1901. His grandfather‚ the Meiji Emperor‚ was in power at this time. Hirohito‚ whose name means “broad-minded benevolence”‚ was a member of the oldest
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Emperor K’ang-hsi ruled China from 1661 to 1722 and his reign is captured by Jonathan D. Spence’s book Emperor of China. The different chapters of the book deal with certain aspects of the Emperors life. Aspects that the history books to normally deal with. The information in Spence’s book is based on Emperor K’ang-hsi’s correspondence‚ his own writings. This writing maybe biased towards himself‚ but no other piece of information could provide insight into his mind. The book is divided
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and the United states of america‚ the usa could fall soon too. As they had some bad emperors later on‚ we have bad presidents now. Secondly‚ the economy is bad. And lastly‚ the us will get attacked from all of its enemies. A key reason as to why Rome fell‚ was because of the emperors. Early on they had good leaders‚ but they got worse later on. The same is happening in the us right now. There are emperors and presidents who do good things and ones that so bad things. Most of the time‚ the
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Kloster Professor Swanson History of Western Civilization October 10‚ 2016 The Roman Empire Roman Emperors- are they all alike or different in their ideals‚ culture‚ and their influences. This paper will look into four great empires of the Roman world. It will discuss their ideals and cultures of their day. Were these four emperors a culture influence in their day? The four emperors of Rome‚ Augustus‚ Nero‚ Domitian‚ and Marcus Aurelius‚ had good and bad ideals‚ shaped‚ and influenced the
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THE EMPEROR JONES by Eugene O’Neill Information about the play: The Emperor Jones was written in 1920 and staged at the same year in New York City. The production was very successful and helped make O’Neill’s reputation. O’Neill is affected by a real story which tells about the president of Haiti‚ Guillaume Sam‚ who boasts that he would be never killed by a lead bullet but a silver one. As O’Neill is impressed by this story‚ at first he makes the name of the play as The Silver Bullet but
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