CIVILIZATION
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It was hollowed out with stairs
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It told a continuous narrative about Trajan’s military accomplishments
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It had a library at the top of the column
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It contains the remains of Trajan & his wife at its base
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Detailed explanation-1: -Trajan’s Column, with a statue of St. Peter installed by a Renaissance pope on top, towers over the ruins of Trajan’s Forum, which once included two libraries and a grand civic space paid for by war spoils from Dacia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern. The structure is about 30 metres (98 feet) in height, 35 metres (115 feet) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble drums, each weighing about 32 tons, with a diameter of 3.7 metres (12.1 feet).
Detailed explanation-3: -A spiral staircase of 185 steps leads to the viewing platform atop the column. The helical sculptural frieze measures 190 meters in length (c. 625 feet) and wraps around the column 23 times. A total of 2, 662 figures appear in the 155 scenes of the frieze, with Trajan himself featured in 58 scenes.
Detailed explanation-4: -After Trajan’s death the Roman Senate decided to use the base of the column as a mausoleum, sanctifying the spot as the final resting place of the cremated remains of the emperor Trajan and his wife.