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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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Scenes 3/III-4/IV: The last of the Roman ships to be loaded with barrels is docked on the left side of the image (Scene 3/III). In the center (Scene 4/IV), Danuvius, the personification of the River Danube, rises from the riverbed and sees a group of Roman soldiers moving through a gateway. Although the frieze is damaged at the bottom, it is possible to make out the river god's thumb: part of a divine hand that once steadied the Roman ships.From the Column in situ. Comparable to Cichorius Pls. 6/VI and 7/VII. RBU2013.2023. Scene 22/XXII (Spiral 3): Assembly of soldiers in anticipation of battle, including standard-bearers on the far right. The setting is in a forest, as indicated by the line of trees at the top of the relief. Compare Cichorius Plate XVII (Scene 22); Casts nos. 51-52 in the Museo della Civiltà Romana. Ref: RBU2011.6975composite Scene 68/LXVIII: Five Roman auxiliaries. Contrast the shields they carry to those of the legionaries resting on the ground at the lower right. From casts 174-5, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. XLVIII scene 67 and Coarelli Pl. 76. Ref: RBU2011.7174. 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. Scenes 138-139/CXXXVIII-CXXXIX: Legionaries gather loot, probably meant to represent the treasure hidden by Decebalus, and load baskets of it onto a mule. To the right, a Dacian leader, certainly Decebalus himself (the face is worn and in poor condition) takes council with his followers (one of <a href="http://www.trajans-column.org/?page_id=866">six scenes</a> that are thought to represent the Dacian king.). All appears to be lost; the riderless horse on cast 368 seems ready to evacuate the Dacian leader. From casts 366-369, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pls. CI-CII, scenes 138-139 and Coarelli Pls. 164-165. Ref: RBU2011.8277-composite. Anaglyph of Scene 121/CXXI RBU2012.1000123-a View of the Column of Trajan from the south, in the vicinity of the Forum of Julius Caesar. RBU2016.6468 On the Column of Trajan, from left to right (profile top and side/three-quarter view bottom). 1. (Left, top and bottom): Trajan's first sacrifice in front of a Roman camp (Scene 8). Compare Cichorius Pl. X and Coarelli Pl. 8. 2. (Middle, top and bottom): Trajan sacrifices before a group of Romans and Dacians (Scene 91). Compare Cichorius Pl. LXVI and Coarelli Pl. 106. 3. (Right, top and bottom): Trajan makes an inaugural sacrifice in front of the bridge built over the Danube (Scene 99). Compare Cichorius Pl. LXXII and Coarelli Pl. 118. Images from casts in the Museo della Civiltà Romana. (Photos by Ulrich; Image Grid by Z. Mei). View of the northwest and southwest sides of the pedestal and the lower drum of the Column of Trajan. RBU2011.00861 Scene 62: Soldiers and a tholos-type structure in the mountains. Compare Cichorius Plate XLIII. From the original publication of 1865; Ref: F-D-62det.

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