{"id":4401,"date":"2016-11-13T17:20:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T17:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/?p=4401"},"modified":"2016-11-13T17:20:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T17:20:29","slug":"trajans-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/cities\/trajans-column\/","title":{"rendered":"Trajan&#8217;s Column"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The column stood <strong>45 meters high<\/strong> above the ground level of a relatively small colonnaded\u00a0courtyard (25 x 18 m) surrounded by <strong>two libraries<\/strong>, a <strong>basilica<\/strong> and a <strong>temple<\/strong> and was built\u00a0throughout of finely jointed blocks and drums of arrara marble of colossal dimensions (each\u00a0drum weighed about 40 tons).<\/p>\n<p>This extraordinary monument was built by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/cities\/rome\/famous-people-ancient-rome\/\"><strong>emperor Trajan<\/strong><\/a> to celebrate his victorious\u00a0campaigns against the Dacians and to be used as his tomb.<\/p>\n<p>It was inaugurated on May 12th,\u00a0113 AD.<\/p>\n<p>The Dacians were the turbulent inhabitants of a region corresponding to present day\u00a0Romania on the other side of the Danube river which marked the frontier of the Roman\u00a0empire in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Inside were carved a tomb-chamber and a stairway leading to the top were there was placed\u00a0a <strong>statue of the Emperor<\/strong> which was lost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A 200 meter frieze winding upwards 23 times around\u00a0the column<\/strong> tells the story of Trajan&#8217;s various campaigns with vivid descriptions of the Roman\u00a0army in combat, of its weapons, equipment, fortifications and even of the relationship between\u00a0officers and soldiers, victors and prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>The column depicts <strong>many scenes<\/strong> as, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ships loading supplies in front of the\u00a0Roman fortifications lining the river bank frontier;<\/li>\n<li>the Roman army crossing the\u00a0Danube on boat bridges;<\/li>\n<li>the building of fortified camps inside enemy territory;<\/li>\n<li>Trajan encouraging and praising his troops;<\/li>\n<li>bloody battle scenes;<\/li>\n<li>the caring for the wounded;<\/li>\n<li>the surrendering of the enemy to the victorious\u00a0emperor;<\/li>\n<li>the inauguration of the permanent bridge built by Trajan over the\u00a0Danube which is to be considered as a notable feat of Roman military engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"blog-cta\">\n<div class=\"book-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/GUI-COL-ITA-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Do you want to know more about the history of\u00a0<strong>Rome?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"\/en\/guidebooks\/rome\/\" target=\"_blank\">guidebook to Rome<\/a>, with detailed history and <strong>Past &amp; Present images of the Pantheon<\/strong>, the <strong>Colosseum<\/strong>, <strong>Trajan&#8217;s Market<\/strong> and all the greatest historical and archaeological sites of the eternal city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vai-alla-guida\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"\/en\/guidebooks\/rome\/\">Check out our Rome Guide Book now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vai-alla-guida\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"vai-alla-guida\">How to get to Trajan&#8217;s Column<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2969.8614362589174!2d12.482110314642235!3d41.89583697228441!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x132f61b2d423ee1f%3A0x9dc836ce4ae28be8!2sColonna+Traiana!5e0!3m2!1sit!2sit!4v1475509181190\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The column stood 45 meters high above the ground level of a relatively small colonnaded\u00a0courtyard (25 x 18 m) surrounded by two libraries, a basilica and a temple and was built\u00a0throughout of finely jointed blocks and drums of arrara marble of colossal dimensions (each\u00a0drum weighed about 40 tons). 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