Trajan
Family: Roman · Role: commander of the tenth legion · First appears: Book III, Chapter 7
Trajan, a Roman commander of the tenth legion, was sent by Vespasian against Japha near Jotapata. When Titus arrived with an army, he placed Trajan over the left wing while taking the right himself.
In Book IV, Chapter 8, Trajan joined Vespasian at Jericho with forces brought from Perea, after the territories beyond Jordan had been subdued.
Relationship record
Life events
- Trajan joined Vespasian with forces from Perea after the territories beyond Jordan had been subdued.(Book IV, Chapter 8 · 📍 Jericho)
- With: Vespasian
- “and on the day following he came to Jericho; on which day Trajan, one of his commanders, joined him with the forces he brought out of Perea, all the places beyond Jordan being subdued already.”
Book III, Chapter 7
- with Vespasian (Vespasian assigned Trajan a military operation.) “About this time it was that Vespasian sent out Trajan against a city called Japha, that lay near to Jotapata, and that desired innovations, and was puffed up with the unexpected length of the opposition of Jotapata.”
- with Titus (Titus commanded the operation with Trajan assigned to a wing.) “Vespasian hereupon imagining there might be some pains still necessary, sent his son with an army of five hundred horsemen, and one thousand footmen. So he came quickly to the city, and put his army in order, and set Trajan over the left wing, while he had the right himself, and led them to the siege;”
- employer: Vespasian “About this time it was that Vespasian sent out Trajan against a city called Japha, that lay near to Jotapata, and that desired innovations, and was puffed up with the unexpected length of the opposition of Jotapata.”
- employer: Titus “So he came quickly to the city, and put his army in order, and set Trajan over the left wing, while he had the right himself, and led them to the siege:”
Book III, Chapter 9
- with Vespasian (Vespasian dispatched Trajan ahead of the army.) “The next day Vespasian sent Trajan before with some horsemen to the citadel, to make trial of the multitude, whether they were all disposed for peace;”
Book IV, Chapter 8
- with Vespasian (Trajan was one of Vespasian's commanders.) “Trajan, one of his commanders, joined him with the forces he brought out of Perea”
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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.