Rome. Italy. Trajan's Column (Colonna Traiana), AD 113. Detail of scene depicting the personification of the river Danube as the Roman God Danubius an
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Rome. Italy. Trajan's Column (Colonna Traiana), AD 113. Detail of scene depicting the personification of the river Danube as the Roman God Danubius and Roman troops crossing the river on a pontoon bridge. Scenes from the first Dacian War 101-03 AD: Detail shows the personification of the river Danube as the Roman God Danubius, above him a town on the banks of the Danube, to the right Roman troops cross the river on a pontoon bridge. The Column of Trajan commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, fought in two campaigns in Dacia (Romania), AD 101-02, & AD 105-06. The structure is approxiamately 30 metres (98 feet) high, 35 metres (115 feet) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble drums, each weighing about 32 tons, with a diameter of 3.7 metres (12.1 feet). The 190-metre (620-foot) frieze winds around the shaft 23 times. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 steps provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons, which had to be lifted to a height of c. 34 metres (112 feet). Attributed to architect and engineer Apollodorus of Damascus, 107-113 CE.