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Images of Trajan in Situ (SE)

Representations of Trajan on the southeast side of Trajan’s Column in Rome.

 

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Scene 3/III: In the center, Danuvius, the personification of the River Danube, rises from the riverbed and sees a group of Roman soldiers moving through a gateway. Cast in the Museo della Civilta' Romana, Rome. Compare: Cichorius Plate VI, scene 3; Coarelli (2000) Pl. 4. Ref: RBU2011.6913 Scene 24/XXIV: Detail of the first great battle scene. Roman allies on the left, Dacians on the right. Note the archer at the top of the relief, and the auxiliary who holds the severed head of a Dacian in his mouth (center right).From a cast now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. XIX (Scene 24) and Coarelli Pl. 24. Ref: RBU2011.6985. Scenes 48/XLVIII (bottom) and 56/LVI: In the middle of the lower frieze, Roman soldiers cross a river on a pontoon bridge. Above, Dacian heads are impaled upon stakes while Romans clear trees and excavate. Horsemen head out for an assault (above the damaged area) and other troops set fire to Dacian buildings. RBU2015.5477 Scene 81/LXXXI (detail): in the background of a harbor town scene we see the top of a temple within a colonnaded Corinthian portico, which is covered by a walkway along its four sides. From casts 214-215, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. LX (Scene 81) and Coarelli Pl. 95. RBU 2011.8082. Scene 141/CXLI: Trajan appears here for the last time on the Column. Prominent Dacians (pileati) make an appeal to the emperor. Auxiliaries stand guard and observe in the background. The standing figure on the left in cast 375 may hold gold ingots in his left hand (Coarelli 2000: 211). The tent representing headquarters (perhaps the praetorium; Rossi 1971: 205) forms a backdrop . From casts 373-375, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. CIII, scene 141 and Coarelli Pl. 167. Ref: RBU2011.8287. Anaglyph of Scene 16/XVI: soldiers drag a log from a forest. RBU2012.1000105-a View of the Column of Trajan (center) from the Janiculum Hill (Gianicolo), Rome. The telephoto view compresses the surrounding topographical features. RBU2013.3989 On the Column of Trajan, from left to right (profile top and side/three-quarter view bottom). 1. (Left, top and bottom): Adlocutio (Scene 10). Compare Cichorius Pl. XI and Coarelli Pl. 10. 2. (Middle, top and bottom): Trajan interrogates a Dacian prisoner (Scene 18); Compare Cichorius Pl. XIV and Coarelli Pl. 16. 3. (Right, top and bottom): Trajan is presented with severed Dacian heads (Scene 24); Compare Cichorius Pl. XVIII and Coarelli Pl. 22. Images from casts in the Museo della Civiltà Romana. (Photos by Ulrich; Image Grid by Z. Mei) A view of the southeast side of the pedestal of the Column of Trajan. A pair of winged victories appear to support the dedicatory inscription over the door. In the middle zone captured arms are represented in low relief. RBU2013.2097 Left: Scene (3) of the River Danube by Duvaux in Froehner (1865). Right: Cast of the same scene made at about the same time (1861-2); Ref: RBU 2011.6914-F-D-3.

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