Trajan's column and the Dacian wars.
By: English translation rev. by J. M. C. Toynbee.
Series: Aspects of Greek and Roman life
Publisher: Cornell University Press; NCROL
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Trajan's Column (Rome, Italy); Dacian War, 1st, 101-102.; Dacian War, 2nd, 105-106.; Dacia -- History.; Rome -- Army.
Description: "Domitian's Dacian War, two punitive expeditions mounted as a border defense against raids of Moesia from Dacia in 86?87 AD ordered by the Emperor Titus Flavius Domitianus against Dacia and the Dacian king Decebalus Trajan's Dacian Wars, two campaigns of conquest ordered or led by the Emperor Trajan in 101?102 AD and 105?106 AD from Moesia against Dacia and Decebalus....Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum. Completed in AD 113, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which artistically describes the epic wars between the Romans and Dacians (101?102 and 105?106). Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern."--Wikipedia.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 231-233.