Column of Trajan
Type:
Columns
Date:
107–13
Location or Findspot (Modern-Day Country):
Italy
Medium:
Marble
Dimensions:
Height of 26.9 m
Description:
Trajan's column in Rome commemorates the victories of the Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98–117) in the Dacian Wars. Its scenes are arranged in continuous spirals of relief carving, a design that inspired the Column of Marcus Aurelius eighty years later.
Relevant Textbook Chapter(s):
1
Image Credits:
Wikimedia Commons
Tags:
Roman,
Western European,
Polytheist,
Status and identity,
War
