Abstract
The victory in the war with Dacians set off a number of major administrative and administrative reforms conducted by Trajan in the Danubian provinces. Some of the vital elements of the reforms included veteran settlement and establishment of numerous towns – coloniae and municipia. As many as eighteen were thus established in the region during Trajan’s reign.
Highlights
The victory in the war with Dacians set off a number of major administrative and administrative reforms conducted by Trajan in the Danubian provinces
The territories on the Danube, especially the central and lower reaches of the river as well as its hinterland represent a case of its own among Trajan’s undertakings, which should be associated with the Dacian wars (101-106)
As many as eighteen towns were established on Trajan’s initiative; these included coloniae which developed in the former locations of legionary camps (Poetovio, Ratiaria, Oescus, Sarmizegetusa), municipia (Ulpianum, Tropaeum Traiani), poleis built from scratch (Nicopolis ad Istrum, Marcianopolis, Nikopolis ad Nestum), or earlier Thracian settlements elevated to municipal status (Augusta Traiana, Ulpia Serdica, Plotinopolis, Traianopolis, Ulpia Pautalia, Ulpia Topeiros, Ulpia Bizye)
Summary
The victory in the war with Dacians set off a number of major administrative and administrative reforms conducted by Trajan in the Danubian provinces. Eine besondere Aufmerksamkeit zieht in Germania superior Lopodunum (heute Ladenburg), die wichtigste Stadt der Civitas Ulpia Sueborum Nicrensium, die zu Beginn des 2.Jhs. gegründet wurde, auf sich18. Dass Kaiser Trajan, der wohl bereits zu Beginn des Konfliktes mit den Dakern eine Zerstörung ihres Staates erwogen hatte, viel Aufmerksamkeit und Kraft diesem eben Anliegen widmete22.
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