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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 4/IV (detail): In 101 CE, Roman troops, carrying their kit over their shoulders, depart from the town gate (or a fortress gate) and start over a pontoon bridge as the personification of the river, Danuvius, looks on. On the right, a legate stands and looks back towards his men. Presumably we are looking at the south bank of the River Danube; the crossing over to the north shore marks the Roman incursion to the Dacian side. The exact point of departure on the Danube has not been resolved. Cast in the Museo della Civilta' Romana, Rome. Ref: RBU2011.6915 Scene 24/XXIV: Detail of the first great battle scene. Jupiter joins the Roman side. His right hand presumably held a thuderbolt. Actual relief in situ. Compare Cichorius Pl. XIX (Scene 24) and Coarelli Pl. 24. Ref: RBU2013.2065. Scene 61/LXI: Close-up detail of Trajan (center, right profile), surrounded by four senior officers (the two behind him wear helmets). It has been proposed that he two bare-headed officers are meant to represent Licinius Sura and the Praetorian Prefect Claudius Livianus (Coarelli 2000: 106). From cast 147, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. XLII, scene 61 and Coarelli Pl. 62. RBU2011.7135. Scene 81/LXXXI (detail): Detail of the emperor Trajan (center) flanked by his retinue. From cast 214, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. LX (Scene 81) and Coarelli Pl. 95. RBU 2012.0019. Scene 131/CXXXI: Twelve Roman Soldiers cross a bridge, three to each section shown. The bridge itself is a simple construction of planks nailed to trestles. The gateway to the camp they depart from is visible in the upper left corner of the scene. From casts 350-352, now in the Museo della Civiltà Romana, Rome. Compare Cichorius Pl. XCVII, scenes 131 and Coarelli Pl. 158. Ref: RBU2011.8258. Anaglyph of Scene 121/CXXI RBU2012.1000123-a A new model in the Museo della Civiltà Romana restores Trajan's forum based on the most recent excavations in central Rome that have taken place since the year 2000. In the foreground, the open plaza of the forum dominates this view. The Basilica Ulpia, with its two exedrae, closes off the northwest side of the forum complex. Behind the Basilica the top of the Column of Trajan is visible. Ref: RBU2012.0142 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). 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 Scene 78: The end of the first Dacian War. Trophies and Victory. Compare Cichorius Plate LVII. From the original publication of 1865; Ref: F-D-78.

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