Yet once the Dacians were vanquished, they became a favorite theme for Roman sculptors. Trajan’s Forum had dozens of statues of handsome, bearded Dacian warriors, a proud marble army in the very ...

What is the place that tells the history of Imperial Rome best? The Markets of Emperor Trajan. This is the location that Rai chose for the 71st Prix Italia. This 'neighborhood' has witnessed the ...

Overall, they provide an extensive and personal picture of Roman life during the reign of Trajan. His motivation appears to have been simple: Pliny wanted fame. He hoped that these letters would ...

At this point history took a sharp turn. Shortly before Nerva died, Roman generals had debated who should be the next emperor. They chose Trajan, a former army commander, senator and governor of ...

Lined with shops and open-air markets, it buzzed with ... through parts of the Forum of Trajan and the Forum of Augustus, making it an integral part of the Roman Forum complex.

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan’s Column.