person
Marcus Ulpius Traianus (the elder)
the elder Trajan
also: pater Traianus
Trajan's natural father, a distinguished general and consul who earned triumphal honors and was later deified; Pliny addresses him as sharing, with Nerva, the glory of so great a son.
Reading notes
- Panegyric to Trajan §89 father Trajan
Marcus Ulpius Traianus the elder, Trajan's natural father, a triumphant general and consul, later deified; Pliny imagines him in heaven rejoicing in his son.