Trajan's Column

Trajan’s Column—Colonna Traiana—was built to make one message unforgettable: Rome’s triumph in the Dacian Wars. It commemorates Emperor Trajan’s victories, spanning the campaigns of 101–102 and 105–106. The column was likely constructed under the supervision of Apollodorus of Damascus, on the order of the Roman Senate, and it was completed and dedicated on 12 May 113 AD. What really pulls you in is the engineering and the story at the same time. The column rises to about 30 metres (or 98 feet)—35 metres counting its large pedestal—and its shaft is made from 20 colossal Carrara marble drums, each around 32 tons, with a 3.7-metre diameter. Around it, a 190-metre frieze winds 23 times, carved in an estimated 2,662 figures and 155 scenes. You can even climb inside via a spiral stair of 185 steps to a viewing deck. …

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