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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 2/II: On the banks of the Danube, outside a fortified village, Roman soldiers load supplies. Here barrels await stacking on the ships. The buildings in the background may be storehouses (horrea; Lepper and Frere (1988: 49). The ship's prow is on the right; the steering rudder on the left. Cast from the Museo della Civilta' Romana, Rome. Compare: Cichorius Pl. V, scene 2; Coarelli (2000) Plate 3, pg. 47. Ref: RBU2011.6909 Scene 25/XXV: Trajan and advisors inspect a captured Dacian fort. Not the the emperor (right) holds an inverted spear, a pose that suggests he has formally taken possession of Dacian territory (Coarelli 2000: 69). Coulston notes that the upper half of the spear was added as a metal attachment, and was perhaps double-pointed like that in Scene 27 (Coulston 1990: 294). From a cast now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. XX (Scene 25) and Coarelli Pl. 25. Ref: RBU 2011.6992. Scene 72/LXXII: Alongside the legionaries an allied fighter prepares to throw a rock. He is probably armed with a sling, although the stance suggests nothing less than rock-throwing. From cast 185, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. LII, scene 72 and Coarelli Pl. 82. Ref: RBU2011.7188. Scene 85/LXXXV (Detail): A victimarius leads a bull to sacrifice. From cast 222, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. LXII (Scene 85) and Coarelli Pl. 98. RBU2011.8095. Scene 132/CXXXII (detail): Dacians rush out from their camp; the outer walls of squared blocks, those on the inside of logs. From cast 354, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. XCVIII, scene 132, and Coarelli Pl. 159. Ref: RBU2011.8266 Anaglyph of Scene 121/CXXI RBU2012.1000123-a A model of the Forum of Trajan in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, EUR, Rome.In the traditional reconstruction envisioned by Gismondi, the forum was bordered on the northwest side by the imposing Temple of the Deified Trajan, which faced the Column of Trajan (visible behind the Basilica Ulpia). Ref: RBU2012.0168 On the Column of Trajan, from left to right (profile top and side/three-quarter view bottom). 1. (Left, top and bottom): Trajan on horseback leads the calvary (Scene 90). Compare Cichorius Pl. LXV and Coarelli Pl. 104. 2. (Middle, top and bottom): Trajan rides towards a Dacian fort (Scene 97). Compare Cichorius Pl. LXXI and Coarelli Pl. 116. 3. (Right, top and bottom): Trajan on horseback is greeted at a city wall (Scene 102). Compare Cichorius Pl. LXXV and Coarelli Pl. 122. Images from casts in the Museo della Civiltà Romana. (Photos by Ulrich; Image Grid by Z. Mei). Detail of captured armor represented in relief sculpture from the pedestal of the Column of Trajan. The draco standard is most prominent, against a background of oval shields, battle axes, and a shirt of chain mail. RBU2013.2082 Trajan's Column Scenes 18-20. Compare Cichorius Plate XIV-XV. From the original 1865 publication; Ref: F-D-18-20.

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