Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy
Detail, in close-up, of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13459783
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45380235
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3744px x 5616px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
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Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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