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Trajan - ܛܪܝܢܘܣ

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"Under Trajan, the Roman Empire attained its greatest territorial extent and his reign was later remembered as one of the most successful. Late antique authors also recalled that a persecution of Christians had taken place under his rule and that he had forbidden anonymous denunciations of supposed Christians. Joh. Eph., EH 6.23, remembers his great victory over the Parthians."2

Names

  • ܛܪܝܢܘܣ1
  • Trajan

Floruit

98-117

Death

0117-08-11

Sex

male3

Notes

"Under Trajan, the Roman Empire attained its greatest territorial extent and his reign was later remembered as one of the most successful. Late antique authors also recalled that a persecution of Christians had taken place under his rule and that he had forbidden anonymous denunciations of supposed Christians. Joh. Eph., EH 6.23, remembers his great victory over the Parthians."2
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  • 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 165; 323; 324chapter: 3.3.32; 3.6.23. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Hubert Cancik, ed., Der neue Pauly, 16 vols. (Stuttgart: Metzler, 1996–2003), p: XII, 746-749. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 165; 323; 324. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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