ID: 700008903 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008903	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Trajan’s Column (column (architectural element); probably constructed under the supervision of Apollodorus of...; completed 113; Rome (Roma, Lazio, Italia, Europe, World, Top of the TGN hie...)

Note: Trajan's Coulmn is set in the Forum of Trajan. Its style is closest to the Doric order, but more notable is its continuous spiral frieze narrating Trajan's victories in the Dacian Wars. It was topped with a statue of Trajan, where there is now a statue of St. Peter. The column is hollow with an interior staircase and is perforated with light holes to illuminate the scenes.

Titles:

Trajan’s Column (preferred,C,U,LC,English,,N)

Column of Trajan (C,U,English,,)

Colonna Traiana (C,U,Italian,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

column (architectural element) [300001571] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <supporting and resisting elements>, <columns and column components>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: completed 113

Creator Display:

probably constructed under the supervision of Apollodorus of Damascus (Roman architect, died ca. 125 CE} [preferred]

architect Apollodoros of Damascus (Roman architect, died ca. 125 CE) Qualifier: probably by [500018767]

Locations:

Current: Roma [7000874] Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 41°53′45″N 12°29′03″E

Display Materials: marble

	Carrara marble [300011576]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, marble (rock), <marble by color or pattern>, white marble)

Dimensions: column with base: 125 feet (height); spiral band of images: over 800 feet x 4 feet; internal staircase: 12' 2"

Cultures:

(preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Imperial (Roman) [300020541] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period))

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

military (identification)

didactic and propaganda (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Trajan (Roman emperor, 53-117 CE) [500115699]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Dacian Wars [901001384]
	.....((Ancient history, Named Events)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures

Sources and Contributors:
Trajan’s Column	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85136842; accessed 19 May 2016
	........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987) 246
Column of Trajan	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Colonna Traiana	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987) 247

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987) 246