Trajan's Column

Date: 113 CE
Image View Description: Detail of relief carvings on Trajan's Column
Scenes CXXXVIII-CXXXIX (Romans lead pack animals and a Dacian king addresses his troops), CXLV-CXLVI (Decebalus commits suicide and Dacians capture Romans) and CLII-CLIII (Romans take prisoners and burn Dacian structures)
Material/Technique: marble
Work Type: sculpture
Style/Period: Imperial Roman
Culture: Ancient Roman
Location: Rome (Italy)
Image Source: Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University
Photographer: Catherine Slowik
Record ID: 1213_rome2012_trajanscolumn_img_123


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