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Hadrian is proclaimed Roman emperor, two days after Trajan's death.
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AD 117
Calendar year
Year 117 (CXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Niger and Apronianus. The denomination 117 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hadrian
Roman emperor from 117 to 138
Hadrian was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, an Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Aelia gens, the Aeli Hadriani, came from the town of Hadria in eastern Italy. He was a member of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Roman emperor
Ruler of the Roman Empire
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. The term emperor is a modern convention, and did not exist as such during the Empire. When a given Roman is described as…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Trajan
Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117
Trajan was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier-emperor who presided over one of the greatest military expansions in Roman history, during which,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
August 11
Day of the year
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