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. It’s a tale ...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Ancient Roman Empire was one of the most influential imperial powers in the history of human civilization. Ancient historians believe that the foundation of the empire began as ...
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, ...
The impressive Trajan’s Column has stood for almost 2,000 years in the centre of Rome. The column at 30 metres tall, has a helical frieze of 195 metres in length winding its way up the column. For ...
The purpose of the column was propaganda. Trajan had left Dacia in ruins, but rather than presenting Roman legionaries as agents of destruction and conquest, the sculptors depicted them building forts ...
The frieze on Trajan's Column has long been criticized for requiring the visitor to circumambulate the column to read it. By considering the Column within the context of Roman funerary monuments, I ...
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has added a new twist to an old classic. The towering reproduction of Trajan’s Column has been one of the London institution’s star exhibits—and its largest object ...
The identity of a huge stone object known as the 'Bosham Head' that has remained a mystery since it was discovered in a Chichester flowerbed over 200 years ago has been solved by scientists. Using the ...
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. It’s a tale ...
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