The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral up ...

Jon Coulston, who has died of cancer aged 67, was a leading scholar on the iconography of Trajan’s column in Rome, one of the most detailed military monuments to survive from the Roman Empire.

In a recent article published in the American Journal of Archaeology, a group of researchers presented an innovative analysis of the representations in Trajan’s Column in Rome. The study, led by ...

two libraries (one for Latin texts and another for those in Greek), and the famous Trajan’s Column (which narrates the Dacian campaign with reliefs). Why was a market chosen to complete the monumental ...

In this article, we will explore several famous ancient Roman artifacts, from the celebrated statue of Augustus to the towering Trajan's Column. 1. The Augustus of Prima Porta The Augustus of Prima ...

Today, someone visiting Rome can visit Trajan’s Column, a roughly 100-foot monument to his military and engineering achievements after conquering Dacia, part of present-day Romania. A frieze ...