Colonna Traiana Eretta Dal Senato, E Popolo Romano All'Imperatore Traiano Augusto Nel Suo Foro In Roma. Scolpita Con L'Historie Della Guerra Dacica La Prima E La Seconda Espeditione, E Vittoria Contro Il Re Decebalo. Nuovamente Disegnata, Et Intagliata Da Pietro Santi Bartoli. Con L'Espositione Latina D'Alfonso Ciaccone, Compendiata Nella Vulgare Lingua Sotto Ciascuna Immagine, Accresciuta Di Medaglie, Inscrittioni, E Trofei, Da Gio. Pietro Bellori.
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A publisher's imprint of Gio. Jacomo Rossi is carried on pl. [4].
The printer of this edition is named in the colophon of the Index: 'ex Calcographia R.C.A. 1751'.
This printing reproduces the dedication by Gio. Giacomo de Rossi to King Louis XIV of France.
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The work describes the great column which is the sole intact monument of Trajan's Forum (ruined by earthquakes in the 9th century). The pedestal carries friezes showing Dacian weaponry and a dedicatory inscription to Trajan from the Senate and People of Rome. The Tuscan column is adorned with a scrolling frieze (originally perhaps coloured) of 155 scenes showing Trajan's campaigns in Dacia (Romania) in 101-102 and 105 A.D.
After the title-plate and engraved dedication seven unnumbered plates show plans and sections of the column, and elevations of the pedestal. The numbered plates 1-114 show the frieze encircling the column. Plates 115-119 show related coins, inscriptions and trophies.
Bartoli's engravings of the spiral frieze were copied from casts commissioned by Louis XIV in 1669. The same casts were probably used later by Piranesi for his own Trofeo o sia magnifica colonna coclide (ca. 1774).
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Dacians - Romans - Campaigns - Romania - History - Military history - 2nd century
Rulers - Monarchs - Roman emperors - Publicizing - Public relations - Italy - Rome - History - 2nd century
Pictorial works - Italy - 17th century - 18th century
Contributors
Giovanni Pietro Bellori, engraver
Alfonso Chacon
Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi
Louis XIV King of France, dedicatee
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA, previous owner, donor
Charles Errard le fils, draughtsman
Catholic Church - Camera Apostolica, printer
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Plate 20: Emperor Trajan receiving the Dacian envoy, 1672
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Colonna Traiana, 1672
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Elevation and interior section of the base of the column, 1672
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Elevation and interior section of the body of the column, 1672
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Elevation and interior section of the top of the column, 1672
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Front and back sides of the column plinth showing the 'Throphies', 1672
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Right and left sides of the column plinth showing the 'Throphies', 1672
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Plate 1: granary, heap of wood for fortifications, bundles of horse feed, castles , 1672
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Plate 2: Praetorian soldiers and fortifications, 1672
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Plate 3: 'Scapha vinaria', boats for transporting wine, oil and grain to the fortifications, 1672
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Plate 4: the statue of river Danube and the army crossing the river on a bridge made of boats, 1672
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Plate 5: Roman soldiers marching carrying war trophies, led by soldiers on horseback, 1672
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Plate 6: Emperor Trajan sitting on a camp stool discussing with Lucio Prefetto , 1672
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Plate 7: Emperor Trajan making a sacrifice, 1672
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Plate 8: Emperor Trajan addressing the soldiers, 1672
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Plate 9: soldiers building a camp, 1672
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Plate 10: Emperor Trajan supervises the works at the camp with a Prefect and a Tribun, 1672
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Plate 11: Emperor Trajan sending explorers and soldiers cutting trees, 1672
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Plate 12: Emperor Trajan observing the fortifications built by the Roman soldiers, 1672
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Plate 13: two Dacian prisoners being presented before Emperor Trajan while other soldiers building fortifications, 1672
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Plate 14: Roman soldiers building fortifications, soldiers holding the horses of the emperor, and soldiers guarding the Porta Pretoria, 1672
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Plate 15: A group of Roman soldiers on horseback crossing a wooden bridge, and Roman soldiers in armour, 1672
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Plate 16: Roman soldiers cutting trees and another group wearing armour and carrying war trophies, 1672
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Plate 17: Roman soldiers at right presenting two heads of Dacian prisoners before emperor Trajans, 1672
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Plate 18: Dacian and Roman soldiers asking for Jupiter's protection, a group of men at centre carrying the dead body of a Dacian prisoner, 1672
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Plate 19: battle scene with Dacians Dacians fleeing and the Romans and victorious Roman soldiers crossing Tisa river with trophies, 1672
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Plate 21: Dacians defeted, Emperor Trajan ordering his soldiers to free the women and the children, 1672
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Plate 22: Dacians being caught in a swollen river, the Sarmatian cavalry attacking a Roman fortress, 1672
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Plate 23: Dacians besieging Roman a fortress and Romans bringing provisions, 1672
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Plate 24: emperor Trajan entering the city in a boat , 1672
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Plate 25: The emperor Trajan's landing, 1672
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Plate 26: Emperor Trajan on horseback leading his army against Decebal, 1672
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Plate 27: Sarmatian cavalry fleeing the Roman army, 1672
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Plate 28: Battle between Romna soldiers and Decians, 1672
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Plate 29: Dacian soldiers being received by Trajan, Roman soldiers are consolidating walls, doctors are giving assistance , 1672
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Plate 30: Roman soldiers preparing for the fourth battle with the Dacians / engraved plate from Colonna Traiana by Pietro Santi Bartoli, published by Giacomo de Rossi (Rome, 1672), 1672
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Plate 31: Dacian soldiers being defeated by the Roman soldiers, 1672
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Plate 32: Dacian soldiers being defeated by the Roman soldiers, 1672
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Plate 33: Emperor Trajan distributing the congiary; Dacian women torturing Roman prisoners with torches, allies of the Romans bringing provisions, 1672
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Plate 34: Emperor Trajan leading the army ouside the camp to fight , 1672
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Plate 35: Emperor Trajan discussing with soldiers a plan to fight the enemies, 1672
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Plate 36: Emperor Trajan receiving the Dacian ambassadors, Roman soldiers building fortifications, 1672
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Plate 37: Emperor Trajan sacrificing a pork, a ram, and a bull, 1672
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Plate 38: Emperor Trajan addressing the soldiers, 1672
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Plate 39: Roman soldiers cutting trees in a forest, 1672
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Plate 40: emperor Trajan on horseback, and Roman soldiers building camps, 1672
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Plate 41: Dacian king kneeling at centre before emperor Trajan, 1672
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Plate 42: Praetorian guards, 1672
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Plate 43: Emperor Trajan accompanied by two captains and a allied cavalry, 1672
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Plate 44: The defeated Dacians seek shelter in the forests, 1672
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Plate 45: Emperor Trajan receiving two Dacians while Roman soldiers build new fortifications, 1672
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Plate 46: Roman and Sarmatian soldiers fighting the Dacians , 1672
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Plate 47: Dacians fighting the Roman and Sarmatian soldiers , 1672
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Plate 48: Roman soldiers cutting trees and building new camps, 1672
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Plate 49: Dacians ambushing Roman soldiers while cutting trees in the forests, 1672
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Plate 50: Dacians being defeated by the Romans soldiers , 1672
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Plate 51: Roman soldiers bringing two heads of Dacian prisoners before emperor Trajan, 1672
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Plate 52: Last battle between Dacians and Romans , 1672
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Plate 53: Emperor Trajan determining the conditions for a peace treatise with the Decebalus, 1672
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Plate 54: Emperor Trajan establishing peace with the Decebalus, 1672
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Plate 55: Decebalus and the Dacians kneeling before Emperor Trajan askign for clemence, 1672
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Plate 56: Dacian officials kneeling before Emperor Trajan while castles and fortifications are demolished, 1672
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Plate 57: Emperor Trajan and Decebalus addressing the Thirteenth Legion, 1672
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Plate 58: the personification of Victory writing on a shield , 1672
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Plate 59: Emperor Trajan leaving for the Second Dacian War, 1672
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Plate 65: Emperor Trajan land on the shore and advabce by land, 1672
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Plate 87: a Roman soldier informing Emperor Trajan about the battle with the Dacians, 1672
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Plate 88: Dacian soldiers stop the pace of Trajan's troops coming to the rescue, 1672
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Plate 89: Roman soldiers destroying a Dacian fortress, 1672
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Plate 90: Roman soldiers cutting trees and making piles of wood, 1672
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Plate 91: a Dacian kneeling before emperor Trajan at centre, 1672
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Plate 92: Dacians setting fire to one of their city, 1672
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Plate 93: Dacians poisoning themself after their defeat, 1672
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Plate 94: Dacians running out of the city and askign for clemence , 1672
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Plate 95: a group of Dacians at right kneeling and asking for Trajan's clemence , 1672
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Plate 96: Roman soldier distributing wheat to other soldiers, 1672
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Plate 97: Roman soldiers listening to Emperor Trajan's speech , 1672
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Plate 99: Dacian ambassadors kneeling before Emperor Trajan asking for peace, 1672
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Plate 100: Dacians leaving their fortifications in order to attack the Romans , 1672
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Plate 101: Dacians assaulting a Roman fortress, 1672
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Plate 102: Dacians fleeing after being defeated , 1672
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Plate 103: Emperor Trajan standing addressing two Roman legions while some soldiers carry Decebalus'treasures , 1672
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Plate 104: Decebalus addressing the Dacians; and Decebalus stabbing himself to death, 1672
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Plate 105: a group of Dacians surrendering to Trajan and bringign gifts, 1672
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Plate 106: Roman cavalry chasing the Decian cavalry, 1672
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Plate 107: the Dacian cavalry fleeing the Romans, 1672
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Plate 108: Roman soldiers capturing the Dacian officials, 1672
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Plate 109: Roman soldiers capturing the Dacian officials, 1672
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Plate 110: Roman soldiers making Dacian prisoners , 1672
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Plate 111: Roman soldiers imprisoning some Dacian soldiers, 1672
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Plate 112: Roman soldiers setting fire to the Dacian fortifications , 1672
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Plate 113: Dacian families migrating to another territories, 1672
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Plate 114: Dacian cattle , 1672
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Plate 115: Coins celebrating the victory over the Dacians, 1672
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Plate 60: Romans making sacrifice in honour of emperor Trajan, 1672
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Plate 61: a group of Romans greeting the Emperor Trajan, 1672
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Plate 62: emperor Trajan entering a Roman town through a triumphal arch
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Plate 63: a group of Roman soldiers greeting emperor Trajan, 1672
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Plate 64: Emperor Trajan making a sacrifice to Jupiter, 1672
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Plate 66: Roman sacerdotes following a Roman cavalry , 1672
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Plate 67: Iazyges greeting Emperor Trajan; and Trajan performing a sacrifice, 1672
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Plate 68: Romans and Dacians assist to a sacrifice performed by the Emperor Trajan, 1672
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Plate 69: a group of men cutting trees and consolidating buildings, 1672
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Plate 70: Dacian soldiers guarding a city, 1672
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Plate 71: Dacian soldiers attaching a Roman camp, 1672
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Plate 72: Roman soldiers occupying Dacian fortifications, 1672
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Plate 73: Emperor Trajan on horseback leading the Roman cavalry, 1672
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Plate 74: Emperor Trajan followed by veterans; and Trajan performing a sacrifice, 1672
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Plate 75: Dacian and Sarmatian soldiers sent to Emperor Trajan in order to establish the condition for the peace, 1672
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Plate 76: Emperor Trajan and Hadrian leading the Roman army , 1672
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Plate 77: a sacrifice in honour of emperor Trajan's arrival, 1672
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Plate 78: two men bringing the bull, the ram and the pork for the sacrifice , 1672
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Plate 79: Emperor trajan addressing the Roman soldiers, 1672
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Plate 80: Emperor Trajan sending his soldiers to battler, 1672
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Plate 81: Veteran soldiers and Romans with musical instruments , 1672
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Plate 82: Continued march of the armies, 1672
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Plate 83: Troops harvesting the crops, 1672
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Plate 84: Dacians presiding their camps, 1672
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Plate 85: Battle between Roman and Dacian soldiers , 1672
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Plate 86: Roman soldiers attempting to climb the Dacian defense wall, 1672
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Plate 98: Roman soldiers cutting trees and transporting trunks while Pretorian soldiers guarding the buildings , 1672
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Plate 116: other series of coins celebrating the victory over the Dacians, 1672
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Plate 117: Latin inscriptions celebrating the victory over the Dacians, 1672
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Plate 118: War trophies of the Emperor Trajan, 1672
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Plate 119: Other war trophies of the Emperor Trajan, 1672
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Letterpressed title-page of the latin descriptions of the plates, 1672