At 126 feet tall, cut from marble, adorned with a spiral frieze intricately carved with 155 scenes, Trajan’s amazing column is a war diary that soars over Rome. Its tale: how the emperor vanquished a fierce but noble enemy.
The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral up around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan's Column. It's a tale that reads like an ancient comic strip.
At 126 feet tall, cut from marble, adorned with a spiral frieze intricately carved with 155 scenes, Trajan’s amazing column is a war diary that soars over Rome. Its tale: how the emperor vanquished a fierce but noble enemy.
Un lugar para publicar y analizar los cuadros de las grandes batallas de la humanidad, desde la antigua Grecia hasta la invencion del cine a sido el unico mo…
Rom, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Trajansforum, Trajanssäule (Trajan's Forum, Trajan's Column)
Die 40 m hohe Trajansäule erhebt sich auf einem Sockel, der die Grabkammer mit der Aschenurne des Kaisers Trajan enthielt. Die innen über eine Wendeltreppe begehbare Säule besteht aus 18 Marmorblöcken von je 1,50 m Höhe und einem Durchmesser von ca. 3,50 m. Der umlaufende Relieffries (1 m hoch, Gesamtlänge ca. 200 m) feiert mit etwa 2.500 Figuren von bis zu 70 cm Höhe die Kriegstaten und den Sieg des Kaisers über die Daker (im heutigen Rumänien) Anfang des 2. Jh. n. Chr. Im untersten Relief…
At 126 feet tall, cut from marble, adorned with a spiral frieze intricately carved with 155 scenes, Trajan’s amazing column is a war diary that soars over Rome. Its tale: how the emperor vanquished a fierce but noble enemy.
At 126 feet tall, cut from marble, adorned with a spiral frieze intricately carved with 155 scenes, Trajan’s amazing column is a war diary that soars over Rome. Its tale: how the emperor vanquished a fierce but noble enemy.
Trajan, Roman emperor (98–117 CE) who sought to extend the boundaries of the empire to the east (notably in Dacia, Arabia, Armenia, and Mesopotamia), undertook a vast building program, and enlarged social welfare. Learn more about Trajan in this article.
