Trajan's Column

Trajan's Column

http://www.crystalinks.com/trajanscolumn.htmlEllie Crystal, 1997-2014;http://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/work/213/index.htmlAnnenburg Foundation 2015;http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/imperialfora/trajan/column.htmlJames Grout, 1997-2015;https://www2.bc.edu/~kenth/honors4.html

There are over 2,000 figures carved on this column.

Trajan's column was built by the Emporer Trajan in 113 A.D. for himself.

Trajan's Column was built to be about 115 feet tall.

The column is made of 29 marble blocks.

It is topped with a statue of Trajan on a horse.

The column contains stairs which you can climb, they are in very good condition.