Trajanic

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1. Of or relating to Trajan (53–117 AD), emperor of Ancient Rome from 98 AD until his death.

   At Tauromenium, the Trajanic or Hadrianic reconstruction of the theatre was accompanied by the building of an odeion for performance on a smaller scale.

   2013, G[regory] O[wen] Hutchinson, Greek to Latin: Frameworks and Contexts for Intertextuality, Oxford, Oxon: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79

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   The column, erected in honor of this emperor after his victory over the Marcomannos, shows, in spiral form, splendid reliefs, which remind us of Trajanic art remains.

   1889, Wilhelm Lübke, Text to Monuments of Art, Showing Its Development and Progress from the Earliest Artistic Attempts to the Present Period, New York, N.Y.: Stroefer, page 122

   The siting of the Trajanic victory monument here was obviously a way of declaring that the defeats of the past reign had been avenged and that the military honour of Rome had been reclaimed.

   2000, I[ain] M. Ferris, Enemies of Rome: Barbarians Through Roman Eyes, The History Press, published 2013, →ISBN

   Synonyms: Trajanian