Trajan's column, erected in 113 CE, stands in Trajan's Forum in Rome and is a commemorative monument decorated with reliefs illustrating Roman emperor Trajan's two military campaigns in Dacia (modern Romania). The column was the first of many such monuments and it is also an invaluable source of information on the Roman Army and a lasting testimony to the Roman love of monumental architecture constructed to celebrate military victories and Roman leaders.
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28 Jan 98 CE - 7 Aug 117 CEReign of Roman Emperor Trajan.
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101 CE - 106 CETrajan conquers Dacia.
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113 CETrajan's column is constructed in Rome which commemorates the emperor's campaigns in Dacia.
