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Trajan Timeline Game

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Trajan is a strategic board game that allows players to take on the role of Roman emperors and expand their empire through conquest and diplomacy. The game is named after Emperor Trajan, known for his military campaigns and public works projects.

  • Players must strategically place events in their correct chronological order to earn victory points.
  • The game includes various historical events from Trajan’s reign, such as the Dacian Wars and the construction of Trajan’s Column.
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  • September 18, 53 AD: Birth of Trajan
  • 75 AD: Trajan becomes a Roman senator
  • 89 AD: Trajan serves as a legate in Syria
  • 97 AD: Trajan is appointed governor of Upper Germany
  • October 27, 97 AD: Nerva adopts Trajan as his successor
  • January 28, 98 AD: Trajan becomes the Roman Emperor
  • 101 AD: Trajan launches the Dacian Wars
  • 102 AD: Roman victory in the First Dacian War
  • 113 AD: Trajan constructs Trajan's Column in Rome
  • 106 AD: Trajan annexes the Nabataean Kingdom
  • 114 AD: Trajan conquers Armenia
  • 115 AD: Trajan launches the Parthian campaign
  • 116 AD: Trajan seizes the capital of Parthia, Ctesiphon
  • 116 AD: Trajan becomes the first Roman emperor to set foot in Persia
  • 117 AD: Trajan conquers Mesopotamia
  • 107 AD: Construction of Trajan's Forum begins in Rome
  • 117 AD: Trajan celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories
  • August 8, 117 AD: Trajan dies and is succeeded by Hadrian
  • August 117 AD: Trajan's ashes are buried in Trajan's Column in Rome
  • August 117 AD: Trajan is deified by the Senate

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