Detail, Trajan's Column

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A detail from Trajan's Column in the Forum Romanum of Rome. Erected in 113 CE the column and its reliefs commemorate the emperor's campaigns in Dacia. The reliefs are an invaluable source of information on the Roman army and depict such military subjects as weapons, armour, ships, fortifications and troop formations.

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Mark Cartwright
Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

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Cartwright, M. (2013, June 09). Detail, Trajan's Column. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1271/detail-trajans-column/

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Cartwright, Mark. "Detail, Trajan's Column." World History Encyclopedia, June 09, 2013. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1271/detail-trajans-column/.

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Cartwright, Mark. "Detail, Trajan's Column." World History Encyclopedia, 09 Jun 2013, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1271/detail-trajans-column/.

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