The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan’s Column.

The column was erected in A.D. 113 to celebrate Trajan's two successful campaigns against the Dacians, depicted in carved relief. Trajan, who reigned from 98 to 117, pushed the boundaries of the ...

There are fewer windings of the frieze, fewer human figures, less scenery, more deeply carved relief and reduced sculptural detail than on Trajan's Column. The result is that the visual impact is ...

In 1988 he took a PhD with a thesis entitled “Trajan’s column: the sculpting and relief content of a Roman propaganda monument”. He pursued his academic career at the University of St ...

Analysis of Trajan's Column shows depiction of six women or girls - despite being banned from army. Anna Muncey/Flickr A 2,000-year-old monument has shed new light on the lives of Roman soldiers ...

two libraries (one for Latin texts and another for those in Greek), and the famous Trajan’s Column (which narrates the Dacian campaign with reliefs). Why was a market chosen to complete the monumental ...

In a recent article published in the American Journal of Archaeology, a group of researchers presented an innovative analysis of the representations in Trajan’s Column in Rome. The study, led by ...

The towering reproduction of Trajan’s Column has been one of the London institution’s star exhibits—and its largest object—for nearly 150 years. But from 1 December, visitors will be able ...

There are fewer windings of the frieze, fewer human figures, less scenery, more deeply carved relief and reduced sculptural detail than on Trajan's Column. The result is that the visual impact is ...