Selasa, 06 Februari 2018

Trajan’s Column

A 100-foot column in Rome records the 2nd Century military exploits of Trajan and his legions. Nineteen centuries after its construction, Trajan’s Column remains one of antiquity’s great works of architecture, a magnificent work of art and a virtual history book preserved in Luna marble. The 100-foot-tall column in Rome commemorates Emperor Trajan’s (r. 98–117) …

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