History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . mav learn far nioro from Trajans column, wliirhis for the military life of the Romanswhat Pompeii is for their eivil life : thefaithful representation of things whichdisappeared 1,(S00 years ago. Thebas-reliefs which nnroll in gracefulspirals around its white marble shaftreveal to us the arms and costumesof the legionaries and the barbarians,their military engines, their camps,the assanlts of strongholds, thepassages of rivers, Trajan himselfharanguing his troops or bandagingthe wounded, and the king
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . mav learn far nioro from Trajans column, wliirhis for the military life of the Romanswhat Pompeii is for their eivil life : thefaithful representation of things whichdisappeared 1,(S00 years ago. Thebas-reliefs which nnroll in gracefulspirals around its white marble shaftreveal to us the arms and costumesof the legionaries and the barbarians,their military engines, their camps,the assanlts of strongholds, thepassages of rivers, Trajan himselfharanguing his troops or bandagingthe wounded, and the king of theDacians throwing himself upon hissword that he might not outlive hispeople.^ This monument of the militaryglory of Eome, more durable than itsEmpire, still rears its head aloft inthe midst of the débris of the Forumwhich Trajan created by obliteratinga slope which descended from theQuirinal towards the Capitol. From aninscription engraved on the pedestal,it was necessary to remove a massof earth the height of which wasequal to that of the column, 128 cannot give a complete
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