Background
Traianus belonged to the gens Ulpia, originating from the Umbrian City of Tuder, and was born and raised in the city of Italica (modern Santiponce, near Seville, Spain) in the Roman Province of Hispania Baetica.
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Marco Traianus
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The Ulpii lived there since 206 British Columbia, when the town was founded by Publius Cornelius Scipio, resettling wounded and invalid veterans of the wars against Carthage. The Ulpii, like the Aelii and the Traii belonged to the leading Hispano-Roman families of the city. From the latter family came a branch of the ancestors of Traianus, which intermarried with the Ulpii, originating the cognomen Traianus.
His mother"s origin is unknown.
Traianus married a Roman noblewoman called Marcia. Traianus became senator possibly already under Claudius.
Before 67, Traianus might have commanded a legion under the Roman General Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo. Under Vespasian (who was the Roman Governor of Judea), Traianus commanded the tenth legion Legio X Fretensis during the First Jewish–Roman War between 67-68.
During this time, he came into favor with the future emperor.
In later years, he served as a Roman Governor of Hispania Baetica, Syria, in 79 or 80 governed an unknown African province and then western Anatolia. During his time in Syria, Traianus prevented a Parthian invasion. Traianus lived in his final years in honor and distinction.
This colony became a town and was called Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi (modern Timgad, Algeria).
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