Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 68
dto Trajan by the Romansenate and people in com-memoration of Trajans twoDacian conquests. It is ofthe Doric order, and is com-posed of thirty-four blocks ofCarrara marble. The shaftis covered with bas reliefs,which go round the wholefrom the bottom to the top intwenty-three spirals. Theyrepresent… … COLUMN OF TRAJAN. COLUMNS. 5] 124 feet. A bronze gilt statue of Trajan formerly surmounted thewhole. The column of Marcus Aurelius, commonly known as theAntonine Column, was erected to him by the senate in eommeinora-tion of his victories in Germany over the Marcomanni. The hasreliefs represent…
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