Gaius Messius Quintus Decius adopted the title Traianus in order to associate himself with the emperor Trajan and his military policy and association with Danube. The designation IMP reflected ...

Trajan held onto power until 117 AD. His civilized rule set the tone for future generations; his expansion of the Roman Empire made it a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic melting pot that is still ...

A powerful military commander born in Spain, Trajan was very good to his imperial subjects—but woe to the foreigners who opposed him. A marble statue of Trajan, who ruled Rome from A.D. 98 until ...

Taken from the first-century letterforms originally etched on Rome’s famous Trajan Column, the letters didn’t actually become a typeface until 1989, when they were digitally scanned and ...