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Trajan's Column Close-up of Trajan's Column in Rome, showing detailed spiral relief carvings of Roman soldiers, ships, and battle scenes. Trajan's campaign in Dacia Trajan's Column, memorial with marble reliefs illustrating the two Dacian wars of 101–102 and 105–106; ad 106–113. In Trajan's Forum, Rome. plaster cast of Trajan's Column
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Trajan’s Column

monument, Rome, Italy
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Trajan’s Column, monument that was erected in 106–113 ce by the Roman emperor Trajan and survives intact in the ruins of Trajan’s Forum in Rome. The marble column is of the Roman Doric order, and it measures 125 feet (38 metres) high together with the pedestal, or base, which contains a chamber that served as Trajan’s tomb. Originally the column stood in the middle of a courtyard surrounded by galleries from which one could view...

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