Rome. Italy. Trajan's Column (Colonna Traiana), AD 113. Detail shows Roman Emperor Trajan addressing his troops (Adlocutio). The Column of Trajan com
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Rome. Italy. Trajan's Column (Colonna Traiana), AD 113. Detail shows Roman Emperor Trajan addressing his troops (Adlocutio). 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.