Trajan's+Column


 * English Name**: Trajan's Column
 * Latin name**: Columna Traiani
 * Year Completed**: 113 A.D.


 * Purpose/Description**: The main purpose of Trajan's Column was to illustrate the wars that took place between the Romans and the Dacians in 101-102 A.D. and 105-106 A.D. The illustrations run up the column itself, from base to top. The lower half of the Column depicts the first of Trajan's victorious military campaigns, and the upper half depicts the second. Another purpose is to commemorate Trajan and his victories in the Dacian Wars (i.e., Trajan's statue at the top.) For that reason, Trajan's ashes were buried at the base of the column, along with his wive's, although they have been lost since.