Column of Trajan

monument · 30 BC – 2100 AD

The Column of Trajan (or Trajan's Column) is a victory column that was erected in the Forum of Trajan at Rome ca. 113 in order to commemorate Trajan's victories in the Dacian Wars. The column is particularly noted for its helical historiated bas relief frieze decoration.

Coordinates

41.89581, 12.48427

Also known as

Colonna Traiana (it), Colonna Traiana (it), Colonna Traiana (it), Columna Traiana, Columna Traiana (la), Columna Traiana (la), Columna Traiani (la), Columna Trajana, Säule des Traianus (de), Säule des Traianus (de), Trajan's Column (en), Trajanssaule (de), Trajanssäule (deu), Trajanssäule (Die) (de)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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