Trajan - The Best Emperor #13 (Optimus Princeps) Roman History Documentary Series

In Bulgaria we have a mountain pass called Gate of Trajan where a fortress used to stand to mark out the border between the provinces of Thrace and Macedonia.

He was the Man. The only emperor who was going faster than Rome itself.

OPTIMVS PRINCEPS! The ONLY Roman emperor mentioned in the same breath as Augustus by the Roman people. Hail Trajan!

In Algeria, North Africa, we have a whole city in the south east called Timgad, built under Trajan reign for veterans of war. Thanks for putting him under the light for me, as I never thought I'll be able to find a documentary dedicated just to him.

Trajan is an underrated emperor. Yes, if you know history, you will know about him, but if you ask people on the street to name a Roman, they will say Julius Caesar.

You missed perhaps Trajan's most important contribution to Rome and the army. This was his re-organisation of the Legions but most of all it was his instruction that Legionaries were to carry 3 months food supply with them in the form of a mixture of butter, yoghurt, milk and flour, mixed up and dried in the sun and then ground up into a powder so that it could be carried in pouches on the belt. On campaigns, any cook was just ordered to fill the cauldron with water and begin boiling it! Legionaries would all then deposit a small amount of "Trajana" (about a teaspoon full) into the cauldron and then go foraging for soup ingredients and additives such as a wild fowl or herbs or vegetables etc! In this way, the army wasn't bogged down with supplies and utensils. The legionary would carry all that he needed with him.

Trajan's forum was magnificent. I'm so sad about how little of it is left in Rome. Those 19 years were truly the best times to be alive in the empire.

Last summer when I went to southern Turkey I was amazed at the amount of buildings and statues preserved dating back to the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. Hadrians gate in Antalya and countless building in Perge and Side were just awe-inspiring to look at. Its truly a miracle that such historical places have survived for almost two-thousand years.   The Roman Empire might have died over a thousand years ago, but its legacy still lives on in rural parts of southern Turkey. Great video!

Trajans column even though heavily stylized is my favourite of all sights to see in Rome.The laid out version a cast of the original is available to view in a building near to the column.Fascinating!!😮

Wow, talk about leaps and bounds, the quilty of this video is getting quite exceptional. Its almost classic that important emperors like Trajan have some of the worst or few surviving sources.

Re 14:00. 500.000 Roman pounds of gold is 161.250 kilogram which has a value as per May 2021 of €7,740 American Billion (€7.740.000.000). And then there was the silver in addition to that. In total it was EIGHT thousand million Euros (eight American billion) in total. Even by today's standards, the treasure was gargantuan.

How long do i have to wait for Aurelian episode?🤣🤣 let's say 5 years from now

Bro I've been waiting for this episode since the first video about Augustus. So hyped

Trajan is the most underrated emperor of Rome history, i'd say he was the second best after Augustus. I was looking for some pics with explanation about Trajan column but finally i found something, a bit but it is so good.

Friendship ended with Augustus, now Marcus Ulpius Traianus is my new best friend.

Hi, for those interested in Traianus' life and history, I recommend the trilogy composed by Los asesinos del emperador (The assassins of the emperor), Circo Máximo (Circus Maximus) and La legión perdida* (The lost legion), by Santiago Posteguillo. Original in Spanish but I guess it must be translated into other languages. They are novels, so there's obviously some fiction but they are extraordinaryly well documented historically. I recommend to read as well all the author's notes, since he explains which are his sources, what parts are definitley fiction, wich ones are not so clear, etc. From the same author I also recommend the trilogy composed by Africanus, el hijo del Cónsul (Africanus, the son of the Consul), Las legiones malditas (The doomed/cursed legions) and La traición de Roma (Rome's treason), about the life of Scipio Africanus, in case you are also interested. And also a bilogy about Julia Domna, contemporary of emperor Comodo: Yo, Julia (I, Julia) and Y Julia retó a los dioses (And Julia challenged the gods). * In The lost legion, using the Trajan's Parthian campaign, the author links with a previous story you may have heard of about a group of surviving Roman prisioners after Crasus' defeat. If you know the story, you know what I'm talking about, in case you don't, I will say no more. This story is not confirmed at all, but there are some clues that may makes us think that there might be some truth in it. I think you won't regret. Enjoy.

I still hold out hope someone will find a copy of Trajan's personal commentaries on his campaigns... Having his personal record and insight into his campaigns would be incredible and equal with Caesar's own commentaries on his wars.

What a great leader Trajan was

Me an Romanian watching this, and thinking hmmmm looks like if this man did not exist my country also would not exist, as everywhere in Romania , almost even the most uneducated person knows that Trajan and Decebal are the founding fathers of Romanian Nation.

The best birthday gift i could ask for! Thank you for this amazing documentary about Rome's best Emperor! :)