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Trajan
- Reign
- 98–117 AD
- Throne name
- 1. Autokrator Kaisaros Nerouas 2. Germanikos Dakikos
- Dynasty
- Roman emperors
- Period
- Greco-Roman Period, 332 BC to 4th century AD
- Capital at the time
- Alexandria
Trajan was a Roman emperor and is attested as pharaoh in hieroglyphic inscriptions in Egypt. Reign: 98–117 AD. The throne name is 1. Autokrator Kaisaros Nerouas 2. Germanikos Dakikos.
What is known about Trajan
Revolt of the Jews in Egypt and Cyrene, among other places, c. 115/116; lively building activity in Egypt.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: Greco-Roman Period
Macedonian kings and later Roman emperors rule Egypt as pharaohs. Greek and Egyptian culture merge, and the ancient temples are enlarged more magnificently than ever before.
- 237 BCConstruction begins on the Temple of Horus at Edfu, today the best-preserved temple in Egypt.
- 196 BCRosetta Stone: a priestly decree for Ptolemy V in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek.
- 30 BCDeath of Cleopatra VII; Egypt becomes a Roman province and the granary of Rome.
- 394 ADLast known hieroglyphic inscription: the Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae.
More about this period: Greco-Roman Period
Roman emperors: all rulers
- Augustus
- Tiberius
- Caligula
- Claudius
- Nero
- Galba
- Otho
- Vespasian
- Titus
- Domitian
- Nerva
- Trajan
- Hadrian
- Antoninus Pius
- Marcus Aurelius
- Lucius Verus
- Commodus
- Pertinax
- Septimius Severus
- Caracalla
- Geta
- Macrinus
- Diadumenian
- Severus Alexander
- Philip the Arab
- Decius
- Valerian
- Aurelian
- Zenobia
- Probus
- Diocletian
- Maximian
- Galerius
- Maximinus Daza
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