Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . on as the spiralsapproach the summit. The column is supported on abase decorated with trophies of war, which formed thesepulchral chamber destined to contain the Emperorsurn. It was crowned by his statue, which was re-placed in the sixteenth century by that of S. Peter, thepatron of Christian Rome. Since the illustrations ofCichorius are the most accessible as well as the mostrecent, I shall for the convenience of the reader adopthis numbering of the various episodes. The explana-tion I give is, however, chiefly based on Petersen. || • W. Froehner
Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . on as the spiralsapproach the summit. The column is supported on abase decorated with trophies of war, which formed thesepulchral chamber destined to contain the Emperorsurn. It was crowned by his statue, which was re-placed in the sixteenth century by that of S. Peter, thepatron of Christian Rome. Since the illustrations ofCichorius are the most accessible as well as the mostrecent, I shall for the convenience of the reader adopthis numbering of the various episodes. The explana-tion I give is, however, chiefly based on Petersen. || • W. Froehner, La Colonne Trajane, reproduite en photo-graphie, &c., Paris, 1869-1875, fol. t S. Reinach, La Colonne Trajane au mus6e de St. Ger-main. Paris, 1836. \ C. Cichorius, Die Reliefs der Trajanssaule. Berlin, 1896. § E. Petersen, Trajans Dakische I^iege nach dem Saulenrelief erkliirt. Leipzig, 1899, 1903. II The Roman numerals in the margin refer to the episodes,the arable numbers] given in parentheses in the text refer tothe single THE COLUMN OF TRAJAN 173 THE FIRST WAR ( IOI). A. The First Part of the Campaign. (Cickorius, Scenes i. toXXXII.—Plates iv. to xxxii.—Froehner, Plates, 26-56.) The locality of the campaign is indicated at the outsetby a simple river scene with traffic (slabs i-io). Roman sen- i-itinels guard the fortified turrets on the banks of the soldiers are unloading boats full of army stores. TheRoman army is seen issuing from the gate of a fortified city(Viminacium). Further up it divides into two columns, iveach of which crosses the Danube by a different bridge ofboats (12-15), while Father Danube himself, representedas a dignified bearded man, is seen in his cave on the left,stretching out his right hand in encouragement and pro-tection. The Romans are imagined as marching up stream,, from left to right. Of the two bridges, therefore,that in the foreground is the eastern, and the other thewestern.* Hence the two divisions of th
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