7/8 August 2017 is the 1900th anniversary of the death of the Roman emperor Traianus. The
Roman Empire reached its maximum extent during his reign. A colloquium on Traianus will
be held at AKMED on 6-8 August. Scholars who are authorities on the emperor will present
papers on his life, activities, and legacy in the Mediterranean region as well as in the Near
East. The colloquium will include a visit to Şekerhan in ancient Selinus near Gazipaşa where
Traianus died on 7/8 August 117

DAY 1 – 6 August 2017
9.00: Registration and Opening Remarks
9.30-10.00
Fritz Mitthof, Traian und der Schatz des Decebal
10.00-10.10 Discussion
10.10-10.40
Ioan Piso (Cluj), Colonia Sarmizegetusa, The First Town of Danube
10.40-11.10 Discussion
11.10-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-12.00

Elias Sverkos (Kerkyra/Thessaloniki), Makedonien unter der Regierungszeit Trajans
12.00-12.10 Discussion
12.10-14.00 Lunch Break

14.00-14.30
Seher Türkmen (Alanya), Traian ve Korakesion
14.30-14.40 Discussion
14.40-15.10
Johannes Nollé (Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik/DAI/Münih), Trajans Feldzüge im Spiegel
der kleinasiatischen Stadtprägungen
15.10-15.40
Mustafa H. Sayar (İstanbul)
Traian’ın Parth Seferleri Sırasında Kilikya ve Suriye’nin Durumu
15.40-15.50 Discussion

15.50-16.20
Michael Alexander Speidel (Zürih), Traian and Red Sea
16.20-16.30 Discussion
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break
17.00-17.30
Werner Eck (Köln), Die traianische Regierungszeit im Spiegel der Bürgerrechtsdiplome

17.30-17.40 Coffee Break
17.40-18.10
Helmut Halfmann (Hamburg), Traianus Hadrianum vivus noluerat adoptare. Die Herrschaftsübernahme
Hadrians und der Tod der vier Konsulare
18.10-18.20 Discussion and Closing Remarks

DAY 2 – 7 August 2017
9.00-9.30
Ulrike Wulf-Rheidt (DAI/Berlin), Trajan, der verkannte Bauherr auf dem Palatin in Rom
9.30-9.40 Discussion
9.40-10.10
Paola Baldassari (Roma), The Temple of Trajan and Plotina divi in Rome: new data from
the excavations in Palazzo Valentini.
10.10-10.20 Discussion
10.20-10.50
Klaus Nohlen (Strasbourg), Traian und Pergamon
10.50-11.00 Discussion
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-12.00
Peter Scherrer (Graz); Der sog. Hadriantempel in Ephesos und der Traiansbogen in Benevent – Gemeinsames
und Trennendes zweier spättraianischer Ehrendenkmäler
12.00-14.00 Lunch Break

14.00-14.30
Klaus Rheidt (Cottbus), Traian und Baalbek
14.30-14.40 Discussion
14.40-15.10
Michael Hoff (Nebraska), The Temple of Deified Trajan at Selinus (Cilicia): Cenotaph or Ustrinum?
15.10-15.40 Discussion
15.40-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Claudia Winterstein (Berlin), Der Şekerhane Köşkü in Selinus – ein Kenotaph für Traian?
16.30-17.00 Discussion and Closing Remarks

DAY 3 – 8 August 2017
Field trip to Selinus at Gazipaşa