ancient Roman victory column, a landmark of Rome, Italy, 107–113
Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, north of the Roman Forum. Completed and dedicated on 12 May 113 AD, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which depicts the wars between the Romans and Dacians.
001 Conrad Cichorius, Die Reliefs der Traianssäule, Tafel I
Trajan's Column around 1896. Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate.
Rome Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius Constantinople Column of Arcadius Column of Theodosius Column of Constantine Medieval Bernward Column in Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany Modern Column of the Grande Armée Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon Colonne Vendôme in Paris Congress Column in Brussels Karlskirche in Vienna Marian and Holy Trinity columns, religious monuments built in honour of the Virgin Mary Washington Monument (Baltimore) Monument to the Great Fire of London Nelson's Column Influence →
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. Design →
The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101–102), and the top half illustrating the second (105–106). These campaigns were contemporary to the time of the column's construction. Historical content portrayed →
Attributed to Apollodorus of Damascus / Conrad Cichorius · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
002 Conrad Cichorius, Die Reliefs der Traianssäule, Tafel II
Location of the inscription plate, above the entrance to the interior (upper image). Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate.
Rome Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius Constantinople Column of Arcadius Column of Theodosius Column of Constantine Medieval Bernward Column in Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany Modern Column of the Grande Armée Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon Colonne Vendôme in Paris Congress Column in Brussels Karlskirche in Vienna Marian and Holy Trinity columns, religious monuments built in honour of the Virgin Mary Washington Monument (Baltimore) Monument to the Great Fire of London Nelson's Column Influence →
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. Design →
The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101–102), and the top half illustrating the second (105–106). These campaigns were contemporary to the time of the column's construction. Historical content portrayed →
Attributed to Apollodorus of Damascus / Conrad Cichorius · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
032 Conrad Cichorius, Die Reliefs der Traianssäule, Tafel XXXII
Battle scene between the Roman and Dacian armies. Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate.
Rome Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius Constantinople Column of Arcadius Column of Theodosius Column of Constantine Medieval Bernward Column in Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany Modern Column of the Grande Armée Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon Colonne Vendôme in Paris Congress Column in Brussels Karlskirche in Vienna Marian and Holy Trinity columns, religious monuments built in honour of the Virgin Mary Washington Monument (Baltimore) Monument to the Great Fire of London Nelson's Column Influence →
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. Design →
The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101–102), and the top half illustrating the second (105–106). These campaigns were contemporary to the time of the column's construction. Historical content portrayed →
Attributed to Apollodorus of Damascus / Conrad Cichorius · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
046 Conrad Cichorius, Die Reliefs der Traianssäule, Tafel XLVI
Roman carroballista, a cart-mounted field artillery weapon (relief detail). Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate.
Rome Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius Constantinople Column of Arcadius Column of Theodosius Column of Constantine Medieval Bernward Column in Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany Modern Column of the Grande Armée Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon Colonne Vendôme in Paris Congress Column in Brussels Karlskirche in Vienna Marian and Holy Trinity columns, religious monuments built in honour of the Virgin Mary Washington Monument (Baltimore) Monument to the Great Fire of London Nelson's Column Influence →
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. Design →
The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101–102), and the top half illustrating the second (105–106). These campaigns were contemporary to the time of the column's construction. Historical content portrayed →
Attributed to Apollodorus of Damascus / Conrad Cichorius · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1586 Rome obelisk erection
Erection of the Vatican obelisk in 1586 by means of a lifting tower. A similar arrangement was presumably used for the construction of Trajan's Column, but with less available space and thus manpower. Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate.
Rome Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius Constantinople Column of Arcadius Column of Theodosius Column of Constantine Medieval Bernward Column in Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany Modern Column of the Grande Armée Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon Colonne Vendôme in Paris Congress Column in Brussels Karlskirche in Vienna Marian and Holy Trinity columns, religious monuments built in honour of the Virgin Mary Washington Monument (Baltimore) Monument to the Great Fire of London Nelson's Column Influence →
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. Design →
The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101–102), and the top half illustrating the second (105–106). These campaigns were contemporary to the time of the column's construction. Historical content portrayed →
Charles Lock Eastlake - A View of Trajan's Forum, Rome - Google Art Project
A View of Trajan's Forum, Rome by Charles Lock Eastlake, 1821. Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate.
Rome Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius Constantinople Column of Arcadius Column of Theodosius Column of Constantine Medieval Bernward Column in Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany Modern Column of the Grande Armée Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon Colonne Vendôme in Paris Congress Column in Brussels Karlskirche in Vienna Marian and Holy Trinity columns, religious monuments built in honour of the Virgin Mary Washington Monument (Baltimore) Monument to the Great Fire of London Nelson's Column Influence →
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. Design →
The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101–102), and the top half illustrating the second (105–106). These campaigns were contemporary to the time of the column's construction. Historical content portrayed →
Charles Lock Eastlake (1793 - 1865) – Artist (British, active in Italy (1816-1830)) Born in Plymouth. Died in Pisa. Details on Google Art Project · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Karlskirche Vienna Front
Front side of the Karlskirche in Vienna, flanked by two columns styled after the Roman archetype. Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate.
Rome Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius Constantinople Column of Arcadius Column of Theodosius Column of Constantine Medieval Bernward Column in Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany Modern Column of the Grande Armée Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon Colonne Vendôme in Paris Congress Column in Brussels Karlskirche in Vienna Marian and Holy Trinity columns, religious monuments built in honour of the Virgin Mary Washington Monument (Baltimore) Monument to the Great Fire of London Nelson's Column Influence →
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. Design →
The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101–102), and the top half illustrating the second (105–106). These campaigns were contemporary to the time of the column's construction. Historical content portrayed →
The original uploader was Ranzpeter at German Wikipedia.
(Original text: Angelo Laub) · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · Wikimedia Commons
Roma Plan
Map of the 14 administrative regions of ancient Rome. Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate.
Rome Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius Constantinople Column of Arcadius Column of Theodosius Column of Constantine Medieval Bernward Column in Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany Modern Column of the Grande Armée Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon Colonne Vendôme in Paris Congress Column in Brussels Karlskirche in Vienna Marian and Holy Trinity columns, religious monuments built in honour of the Virgin Mary Washington Monument (Baltimore) Monument to the Great Fire of London Nelson's Column Influence →
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. Design →
The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101–102), and the top half illustrating the second (105–106). These campaigns were contemporary to the time of the column's construction. Historical content portrayed →
Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, north of the Roman Forum.
Rome Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius Constantinople Column of Arcadius Column of Theodosius Column of Constantine Medieval Bernward Column in Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany Modern Column of the Grande Armée Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon Colonne Vendôme in Paris Congress Column in Brussels Karlskirche in Vienna Marian and Holy Trinity columns, religious monuments built in honour of the Virgin Mary Washington Monument (Baltimore) Monument to the Great Fire of London Nelson's Column Influence →
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. Design →
The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101–102), and the top half illustrating the second (105–106). These campaigns were contemporary to the time of the column's construction. Historical content portrayed →
Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, north of the Roman Forum.
Rome Column of Antoninus Pius Column of Marcus Aurelius Constantinople Column of Arcadius Column of Theodosius Column of Constantine Medieval Bernward Column in Hildesheim Cathedral, Germany Modern Column of the Grande Armée Astoria Column in Astoria, Oregon Colonne Vendôme in Paris Congress Column in Brussels Karlskirche in Vienna Marian and Holy Trinity columns, religious monuments built in honour of the Virgin Mary Washington Monument (Baltimore) Monument to the Great Fire of London Nelson's Column Influence →
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. Design →
The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101–102), and the top half illustrating the second (105–106). These campaigns were contemporary to the time of the column's construction. Historical content portrayed →
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