9 August 117 ( 117-08-09 ) (aged 63) Place of death Selinus , Cilicia Buried Rome (ashes in foot of Trajan's Column , now lost.) Predecessor Nerva Successor Hadrian Wife Pompeia Plotina Offspring Hadrian (adoptive) Dynasty Nervan-Antonine Father Marcus Ulpius Traianus Mother Marcia Roman imperial dynasties Nervo-Trajanic Dynasty