Trajans Column

To celebrate victory over the Dacians (Romanians) a sculptured column was erected in Rome in AD 113 with picture panels depicting the Roman campaign. The 16 legions included the Legio II Adiutrix withdrawn from Britain to help fight the wars.

St Andrews University has a page summarising the various figures from the Roman army depicted on the column – there are over 2000 people. See The Human Figure Types which include musicians, standard bearers, auxiliary soldiers, civilian soldiers, archers and many others

References

• Trajan’s Column University of St Andrews
• Trajan’s Column in Rome
• drawings of the column in 1670 Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635-1700
• Colonna Traiana Eretta Dal Sen … Drawings from Heidelberg University