21h 16min, sep 11, 106 y - Forum of Trajan

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Column completed 113 CE
Brick, concrete, marble
Apollodorus of Damascus
Rome, Italy
• Emporer from of Rome 98-117CE
• Elected for ability to rule, not bloodline
• Optimus Princeps- known as the best first citizen leader
• Public square for civic and ritual and business
• Made on stone except for libraries were brick
• Paved in white marbel
• Column is 22 layers depicting chronologically the main wars against the Dacians
• Honored Trajan and represented him
• Oak wreath at bottom shows victory

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