The Column of Trajan (113 A.D.) stands in what used to be an atrium of the Greek and Latin Libraries off of the Basilica Ulpia of the Trajanic Forum. From the upper stories of the library, the upper portions of the winding frieze could be read. The reliefs are a veritable equivalent in stone of Trajan's Commentaries which record in detail the wars with the Dacians. The reliefs tell us much about Roman military life and engineering as the daily life of the military campaign is told in explicit detail. But the column's function was not only narrative, it was also funereal & memorial, since the ashes of the emperor were placed in the base of the column. Originally, a bronze statue of the emperor surmounted the column. Made of Luna marble, the column is 100 Roman feet or thirty meters high.
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| Trajan's Column: View of Trajan's Column. | Image. |
| Trajan's Column: View of column with spiral bands of relief decoration depicting the Trajan's Dacian campaigns. | Image. |
| Trajan's Column: Some scenes from the column. | Image. |
| Trajan's Column: Scenes from the column. | Image. |
| Trajan's Column: Scenes from the column. | Image. |
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