Marble bust of Trajan. Roman, made in Italy about AD 108-117. This bust, one of many issued to commemorate the emperor Trajan's Decennalia (tenth anniversary of his accession.) Trajan was born at Italica near Seville in Modern Spain and was the first non-Italian emperor, reflecting the political and economic shifts taking place within the Roman empire

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Marble bust of Trajan. Roman, made in Italy about AD 108-117. This bust, one of many issued to commemorate the emperor Trajan's Decennalia (tenth anniversary of his accession.) Trajan was born at Italica near Seville in Modern Spain and was the first non-Italian emperor, reflecting the political and economic shifts taking place within the Roman empire

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