Trajan's Column
Carved victory pillar
Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, erected in 113 CE to commemorate Emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.
The marble column stands about 100 feet tall, its shaft wrapped in a continuous spiral frieze depicting military campaigns in remarkable detail.
It established an architectural form imitated throughout history and remains a major landmark: We climbed to the viewing platform near Trajan's Column.
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