At 126 feet tall, cut from marble, adorned with a spiral frieze intricately carved with 155 scenes, Trajan’s amazing column is a war diary that soars over Rome. Its tale: how the emperor ...

Taken from the first-century letterforms originally etched on Rome’s famous Trajan Column, the letters didn’t actually become a typeface until 1989, when they were digitally scanned and ...

Trajan’s Column, erected in 113 AD, is known for its detailed depiction of Emperor Trajan’s campaigns and victory in the Dacian Wars. Standing at 38 meters tall with a spiral frieze narrating these ...

Trajan’s Column in Rome commemorates Emperor Trajan’s victory over Dacian Wars in 155 bas relief scenes. This stop-motion video outlines the current theory on how the towering structure was built.

Jon Coulston, who has died of cancer aged 67, was a leading scholar on the iconography of Trajan’s column in Rome, one of the most detailed military monuments to survive from the Roman Empire.

Analysis of Trajan's Column shows depiction of six women or girls - despite being banned from army. Anna Muncey/Flickr A 2,000-year-old monument has shed new light on the lives of Roman soldiers ...

The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has added a new twist to an old classic. The towering reproduction of Trajan’s Column has been one of the London institution’s star exhibits—and its ...

At 126 feet tall, cut from marble, adorned with a spiral frieze intricately carved with 155 scenes, Trajan’s amazing column is a war diary that soars over Rome. Its tale: how the emperor ...

The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has added a new twist to an old classic. The towering reproduction of Trajan’s Column has been one of the London institution’s star exhibits—and its ...