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Facts about Trajan: Hadrian, as discussed in Hadrian (Roman emperor): Early life.:

Hadrian’s father died in 85, and the son was entrusted to the care of two men: one, a cousin of his father, later became the emperor Trajan, and the other, Acilius Attianus, later served as prefect of the emperor’s Praetorian Guard early in Hadrian’s own reign. In 90, Hadrian visited Spain probably for the first time. At Italica he received some kind of military training and also developed a...
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