Trajan's Column
A continuous frieze winds up around the tower from base to capital and portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians.
The scenes depict the Roman army in military activities such as setting out to battle and engaging the Dacians, as well as constructing fortifications and listening to the emperor's address and the success he accomplished. The carvings are crowded with sailors, soldiers, statesmen and priests, showing about 2,500 figures in all.
The interior of Trajan's Column is hollow: entered by a small doorway at one side of the base, a helical stair of 185 steps gives access to the platform above, having offered the visitor in antiquity a view over the surrounding Trajan's forum; 43 window slits illuminate the ascent.
Trajan's Column
A continuous frieze winds up around the tower from base to capital and portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians.
The scenes depict the Roman army in military activities such as setting out to battle and engaging the Dacians, as well as constructing fortifications and listening to the emperor's address and the success he accomplished. The carvings are crowded with sailors, soldiers, statesmen and priests, showing about 2,500 figures in all.
The interior of Trajan's Column is hollow: entered by a small doorway at one side of the base, a helical stair of 185 steps gives access to the platform above, having offered the visitor in antiquity a view over the surrounding Trajan's forum; 43 window slits illuminate the ascent.