Cast of Trajan's Column Scene XLIV-XLV
XLIV: Trajan rewards his men. An auxiliary kisses Trajan's hand while another behind him goes off with his reward. In the foreground, two soldiers embrace.
XLV: The torture of Roman(?) prisoners. Nude men are being tortured by women. Are these Roman soldiers being tortured by Dacian widows? Or Dacians being tortured by widows of the Moesian raid? (cf. Gauer 1977: 17).
Museum of Roman Civilisation.
Cast of Trajan's Column Scene XLIV-XLV
XLIV: Trajan rewards his men. An auxiliary kisses Trajan's hand while another behind him goes off with his reward. In the foreground, two soldiers embrace.
XLV: The torture of Roman(?) prisoners. Nude men are being tortured by women. Are these Roman soldiers being tortured by Dacian widows? Or Dacians being tortured by widows of the Moesian raid? (cf. Gauer 1977: 17).
Museum of Roman Civilisation.