TrajanTrajan ( TRAY-jən; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, 18 September 53 – c. 9 August 117) 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, by the time of his death, the Roman Empire reached its maximum territorial extent.
Roman Empire27 BC–476/1453 AD state and civilization
Julian calendarSolar calendar Today(at UTC+00)Saturday, 19 September 2026Julian6 September, AD 2026 (AM 7534)Other calendarsAkanMonomemeneArmenian1 Sahmi 1476AztecTititl 12, 6 XōchitlBabylonian6 Ululu, 2337 SEBalinese pawukonLuang, Pepet, Kajeng, Laba, Wage, Maulu, Saniscara of Parangbakat, Brahma, Gigis, DukaBengali4 Ashshin, BS 1433ChineseYang Fire Monkey・Root MansionDay 9, Month 8, Fire Horse Year(Bailu, 4 days until Qiufen)Common Era19 September 2026 CECoptic9 Thout, AM 1743Egyptian6 Mechir, 2775 NEEthiopian9 Maskaram, 2019 Amätä MəhrätFrench RepublicanLa Fête du Travail de l'Année 234 de la RépubliqueGregorian19 September, AD 2026Hebrew8 Tishrei, AM 5787HinduMūla・AyuṣmānSolar: 3 Āśvina, 1948 SELunisolar: Aṣṭamī, Śukla pakṣa of Bhādrapada, 2083 VERāudra・5127 KY・1,872,837IcelandicLaugardagur, 26 Tvímánuður 2026Islamic6 Rabi' al-thani, AH 1448(using tabular method)ISO week date2026-W38-6Japanese9 Hazuki, Reiwa 8(Hakuro, 4 days until Shūbun)Julian day2461303Korean9 Dakdal, 4359 DEMaya13.0.13.17.013 Chen, 6 AhauRomanante diem VIII Idus Septembres, MMDCCLXXIX AUCSolar Hijri28 Shahrivar, SH 1405Tibetan8 khrums, me pho rta2153 or 1772 or 1000[refresh] The Tusculum portrait of Julius Caesar The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).Leap year starting on TuesdayA leap year starting on Tuesday is any year with 366 days (i.e. it includes 29 February) that begins on Tuesday, 1 January, and ends on Wednesday, 31 December. Its dominical letters hence are FE. The most recent year of such kind was 2008, and the next one will be 2036 in the Gregorian calendar or, likewise 2020 and 2048 in the obsolete Julian calendar. Any leap year that starts on Tuesday has only one Friday the 13th; the only one in this leap year occurs in June.
SyriaSyria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwest, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. It is a republic under a provisional government and comprises 14 governorates. Damascus is Syria's capital and largest city.
CtesiphonCtesiphon ( TESS-if-on; Middle Persian: 𐭲𐭩𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭭, Tyspwn or Tysfwn; Persian: تیسفون; Ancient Greek: Κτησιφῶν, Attic Greek: [ktɛːsipʰɔ̂ːn]; Syriac: ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ) was an ancient city in modern Iraq, on the eastern bank of the Tigris, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) (22 mi) southeast of Baghdad. Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Iranian empires for over eight hundred years, in the Parthian and Sasanian periods.
BabylonBabylon ( BAB-il-on) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-speaking region of Babylonia. Its rulers established two important empires in antiquity, the 19th–16th century BC Old Babylonian Empire, and the 7th–6th century BC Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Anno DominiCalendar era based on the birth of Jesus Anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC) qualify years in the Gregorian and Julian calendars, whose epoch is the traditional year of the conception or birth of Jesus. AD counts years since the epoch, BC the years before the epoch. Anno Domini is Medieval Latin for "in the year of the Lord", often read as "our Lord".
Roman numeralsNumbers in the Roman numeral systemRoman numerals on stern of the ship Cutty Sark showing draught in feet. The numbers range from 13 to 22, from bottom to top.Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages.
SusaAncient city in IranSusa ( ) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran. It represents the current city of Shush, located on the site of ancient Susa. One of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East, Susa served as the capital of Elam and the winter capital of the Achaemenid Empire, and remained a strategic centre during the Parthian and Sasanian periods.Calendar eraA calendar era is the period of time elapsed since one epoch of a calendar and, if it exists, before the next one. For example, the current year is numbered 2026 in the Gregorian calendar, which numbers its years in the Western Christian era (the Coptic Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox churches have their own Christian eras). In antiquity, regnal years were counted from the accession of a monarch.
Ab urbe conditaAb urbe condita (Latin: [ab ˈʊrbɛ ˈkɔndɪtaː]; 'from the founding of the City'), or anno urbis conditae (Latin: [ˈannoː ˈʊrbɪs ˈkɔndɪtae̯]; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC in Classical Latin inscriptions, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an expression used in antiquity and by classical historians to refer to a given year in Ancient Rome.
Parthian EmpireIranian empire (247 BC – 224 AD)*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.