Column of Arcadius
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The Column of Arcadius was a Roman triumphal column in the forum of Arcadius in Constantinople built in the early 5th century AD. The marble column was historiated with a spiralling frieze of reliefs
Reconstruction of the Column of Arcadius
Column of Arcadius in 2022
Cambridge, Trinity College, ms. O.17.2
Cambridge, Trinity College, ms. O.17.2
Trajan's Column
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Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apol
Column of Arcadius
…had been set up by Arcadius's father Theodosius I in the forum Tauri in the 380s and follows the tradition of triumphal columns established by those of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. During the Ottoman Empire, the monument was ascended and measured, in secret, by Petrus Gyllius and described in his De Topographia…
Trajan's Column, north of the Roman Forum
Roman carroballista, a cart-mounted field artillery weapon (relief detail)
Two examples of Dupondius struck 114–116 AD, showing Trajan's column with the original statue on top and his portrait
Battle scene between the Roman and Dacian armies