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    Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana, Latin: Columna Traiani) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's...
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    According to historical tradition, Trajan's ashes were entombed in a small room beneath Trajan's Column. As an emperor, Trajan's reputation has endured – he...
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    It is a Doric column featuring a spiral relief: it was built in honour of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and modeled on Trajan's Column. The Imperial Monument...
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    square capitals, as used for the inscription at the base of Trajan's Column, hence the name. Trajan is an all-capitals typeface, as the Romans did not use...
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    the figure seen on Trajan's column reaching out to Decebalus from his horse. Decebalus' head and right hand were then taken to Trajan in "Ranisstorum" (an...
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    according to the Fasti Ostienses the Forum was inaugurated in 112. Trajan's Column was erected and then inaugurated in 113. To build this monumental complex...
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    prisoners. On Trajan's Column the draco is the symbolic image of victory although it is absent from pictures on the column that illustrate Trajan's second war...
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    staircase leading up to the platform on top. The earliest triumphal column was Trajan's Column which, dedicated in 113 AD, defined its architectural form and...
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    with certainty. The frieze of Trajan's column also shows Dacians using smaller, sword-sized falx. However, this column is also largely stylized, with...
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  • Trajan's Dacian Wars (101–102, 105–106) were two military campaigns fought between the Roman Empire and Dacia during Emperor Trajan's rule. The conflicts...
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    full height of Trajan's Column could not possibly be accommodated and the column is divided into two roughly equal parts. The original column in Rome is some...
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    tons were moved 130 miles (210 km). Trajan's column Rome, Italy. Forty-ton drums. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons. Rameses IV reopened...
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    a carroballista are from the bas-reliefs of Trajan's Column (Scene XL and Scenes LXV/LXVI) and the Column of Marcus Aurelius. The structure of the carroballista...
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    oval shields. Roman depictions of legionaries, such as those found on Trajan's column often depict them wearing the lorica segmentata. On this basis, it...
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    in Trajan's Dacian Wars (101-6), as acknowledged on the friezes of Trajan's Column and the Adamklissi Tropaeum. Equally celebrated, on the Column of Marcus...
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    Trajan's First Dacian War took place from 101 to 102. The Kingdom of Dacia, under King Decebalus, had become a threat to the Roman Empire, and defeated...
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    Apollodorus proffered was acted upon.: para. 2  Trajan's Market Trajan's Column Temple of Trajan Trajan's Bridge Trajan's Forum Pantheon, Rome Procopius of Caesarea...
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    on Trajan's Column. Maximus severed Decebalus' head and presented it to the emperor Trajan at his campaign-base at Ranisstorum. As reward, Trajan decorated...
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  • of Peace Trajan's Forum Forum Boarium Forum Holitorium Forum Piscarium Forum Pistorium Forum Suarium Forum venalium Forum Vinarium Trajan's Market Macellum...
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  • Trajanic art (category Trajan)
    of the emperor is seen in his depictions on Trajan's Column. Among the many small images, that of Trajan's conversation with one of his commanders (perhaps...
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    Bastarnae and the Germans, had withdrawn rather than submit to Trajan. Some scenes on Trajan's Column represent acts of obedience of the Dacian population, and...
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    design of Trajan's Column that this space-saving new type permanently caught hold in Roman architecture. Apart from the triumphal columns in the imperial...
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    legions crossed Trajan's Bridge into Dacia and gradually Trajan's army began to push northward. At the beginning of the summer of 106 Trajan attacked the...
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    The 1989 digital typeface Trajan from Adobe is a direct, all-capital adaptation of the Roman square capitals on Trajan's column. Roman cursive Rustic capitals...
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    as did elements of older religions such as the Labours of Hercules. Trajan's Column is an exceptional example of Imperial Roman narrative art. In Christian...
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    Century AD and existed during the reign of Trajan (98–117 AD). The unit is documented on Trajan's Column as active in the Dacian Wars (101–102 and 105–106)...
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    Belgian Constitution by the National Congress of 1830–31. Inspired by Trajan's Column in Rome, it was erected between 1850 and 1859, on the initiative of...
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    paving until the 19th century. Trajan's Column – Ancient Roman victory column, a landmark of Rome, Italy Sigismund's Column – monument in WarsawPages displaying...
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    Saint-Honoré The original column was started in 1806 at Napoleon's direction and completed in 1810. It was modelled after Trajan's Column, to celebrate the victory...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trajan's Bridge. Trajan's Bridge - 3D Animation Lost in the Danube - Trajan's Road Bridge of Apollodorus over the...
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