Trajan column Flashcards
1
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Built in
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113 AD by Trajan behind basilica Ulpia between 2 libraries
2
Q
Celebrates
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Trajan victory versus king Decebalus of Dacia
3
Q
Displays through relief sculpture
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battle between Romans and Daciana
divine intervention at the battle of Tapae, Jupiter sends down thunderbolts to help the Romans
Testudo attack at Muncel
Trajan surveying the decapitated heads of the Dacian’s
4
Q
Helical frieze
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contains over 2500 figures
shows activities such as road building
transportation of wine jars
5
Q
Architectural features
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43 metres high topped by statue of St Peter
bottom contains a funereal chamber which once held the ashes of the Trajan
Light is let in through tiny holes in the structure
