Marcus Ulpius Traianus (father of Trajan)
Marcus Ulpius Traianus was a Roman senator and the father of Emperor Trajan.
Bust at the National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade, usually identified as Trajan's father. It may instead depict Trajan himself.
Trajan was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier-emperor who led the Roman Empire to its greatest territorial extent by the time of his death. He was given the title of Optimus by the Roman Senate.
Marble bust, Glyptothek, Munich
Gold aureus of Trajan depicting him alongside his namesake father, c. AD 115.
Trajan wearing the civic crown and military garb such as a muscle cuirass, 2nd century AD, Antalya Archaeological Museum
Bust of Nerva, who became emperor following the assassination of Domitian