Roman-Dacian wars

Trajan was born on September 18, 53. His first step in the public arena was a service under the command of his father in Syria. In the year 84 he became the praetor, in 86, the legate of the VII Double Legion, who was stationed in Tarracon Spain.

For the successes achieved in 91, he received a consulate, and then vicegerency first in the province of Lower Moesia or Pannonia, and then in Upper Germany. Here in the late autumn of 97 he first received news of his adoption by the Emperor Nerva, and then, after Nerva's death in late January 98, - about the inheritance of supreme power in the empire. The situation on the lower Danube gave him serious fears. Before leaving for Rome, in 99, he undertook an inspection trip to Pannonia and Moesia, after which he decided to start a war against the Dacians.