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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 25/XXV: In the middle band of this image, Trajan inspects the occupation of a Dacian fort, while Dacians flee on the right side of the scene. Behind the emperor, in Scene 24/XXIV, Dacian soldiers attend to their wounded. The top of Scene 20/XX is visible at the bottom of the photo, and the bottom of Scene 33/XXXIII is visible at the top. From the Column in situ. Ref. RBU2015.5467. Scene 50/L: Trajan receives a group of legionaries; here three views of the emperor with his officers.From cast 126, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. XXXVI, scene 50 and Coarelli Pl. 52. RBU2012.9956-58 Composite image of Scenes 87/LXXXVII-89/LXXXIX: Soldiers, led by Trajan who is framed by standards (Cast 230), all wearing traveling clothes, depart from the coast (note the ship in the background of cast 229). The rocky outcrop on the left (229) may indicate the shore of Dalmatia (Coarelli 2000: 46). The entourage passes by a walled city (background, casts 232-233). A second procession appears to start at the right side of the walled city (Cichorius Scene 89). At the head of a group of horsemen a mounted Trajan moves swiftly to the right. From casts 229 - 235, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pls. LXIV-LXV scenes 87-89 and Coarelli Pls. 102-104. RBU2011.8104-composite. Scene 147/CXLVII: A closer view of the assembly of soldiers and the display of the head of Decebalus. From casts 391-392, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. CVIII, scene 147 and Coarelli Pl. 173. Ref: RBU2011.8306. Anaglyph of Scene 40/XL. RBU2012.1000110-a A new model in the Museo della Civiltà Romana shows the north entrance to the Forum of Trajan. A monumental octastyle porch opens on to a small courtyard which surrounds the Column of Trajan. Multi-storied libraries face the Column on the northeast (foreground) and southwest sides. In the background the clerestory level of the Basilica Ulpia is visible. Ref: RBU2012.EUR2 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) View of the southwest face of the pedestal of the Column of Trajan. A draco standard frames each of the upper corners of the relief, the main zone of which is filled with depictions of captured arms. RBU2013.3857 Scene 39 (left): Trajan, camp-building scene; Scene 40 (right): Roman soldiers engage Dacians. Compare Cichorius Plate XXX-XXXI. From the original publication of 1865; Ref: F-D-39-40

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