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Trajan

53 - 117

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Trajan ( TRAY-jən; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, 18 September 53 – c. 9 August 117) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier-emperor who presided over one of the greatest military expansions in Roman history, during which, by the time of his death, the Roman Empire reached its maximum territorial extent. He was given the title of Optimus ('the best') by the Roman Senate. Trajan was born in the municipium of Italica in the present-day Andalusian province of Seville in southern Spain, an Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his gens Ulpia came from the town of Tuder in the Umbria region of central Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Trajan is the 112th most popular politician (down from 91st in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Spain (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Politician.

Trajan is most famous for his conquest of Dacia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Trajan ranks 112 out of 19,576. Before him are Saddam Hussein, Akhenaten, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Benjamin Franklin, Edward V of England, and Fidel Castro. After him are Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Selim II, Frederick the Great, Francisco Franco, Justinian I, and Angela Merkel.

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Among people born in 53, Trajan ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 117, Trajan ranks 1. After him are Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus, and Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus.

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    Trajan

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    53 - 117

    HPI: 85.85

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Trajan ranks 9 out of 3,355. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Seneca the Younger (-4), and Averroes (1126). After him are Francisco Franco (1892), Hernán Cortés (1485), Pope Alexander VI (1431), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hadrian (76), and Ignatius of Loyola (1491).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Trajan ranks 1. After him are Francisco Franco (1892), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hadrian (76), Theodosius I (340), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Philip III of Spain (1578), and Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886).

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