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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure EUR-ita-053. Alexei Alexeev and the south-west view of the Colonna Traiana (Trajan's Column), erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate the Roman Emperor Trajan's (r. 98-117 AD) victory in the Dacian Wars (101-102 AD and 105-106 AD). The column is 35 meters high (including its large pedestal) and shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes on a 190-meter spiral frieze with Trajan himself appearing 58 times. The inscription at the base of the column served as an inspiration for the Trajan digital typeface, designed in 1989 by Carol Twombly (b. 1959) and used in the Serpentarium Mundi's graphic identifier. |
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| Carrara marble | Low relief (Spiral frieze, south-west face, carved decoration, detail, in situ) |
Apollodorus of Damascus (fl. 110s AD) |
Roman Imperial, Trajan (r. 98-117 AD), 113 AD |
Trajan's Forum, Rome, Lazio, Central Italy |
Colonna Traiana (Trajan's Column) |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Italian Expedition, 29 March - 25 April 2015). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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