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Trajanic column
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Trajanic column. Large commemorative single free-standing column, essentially of the
Tuscan Order, also called a
Gigantic Order, with internal winding-stair, spiral
bands of relief sculpture winding around the shaft, a large
pedestal-base, and a commemorative statue on top. It is named after the
Antique column of Emperor Trajan (ad 98–117) in Rome (
c. ad 112–13). See also
antonine column,
triumphal column.
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Trajan's Forum. (Book Reviews).(The Forum of Trajan in Rome -- A Study of the Monuments in Brief)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Architectural Science Review; 12/1/2002; 700+ words
; 4287 The Forum of Trajan in Rome -- A Study of the Monuments...the 2nd of February 1808. The Forum of Trajan had not been forgotten. In the 4th century...entered, what was left of the Forum of Trajan was well below ground. Napoleon put...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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TRAJAN LEADS, DUKE FOLLOWS
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 3/21/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 03-21-1999 TRAJAN LEADS, DUKE FOLLOWS -- LANGDON HAS JETER...confidence and clear-headed focus of Trajan Langdon is so reminiscent of one of New...this team. "Our leadership starts with Trajan," Krzyzewski said. "I don't think...
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Rebooting Ruins Of Ancient Rome; Getty Exhibit Lets Visitors Amble About Trajan's Forum
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/11/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...virtually, the Second Century Forum of Trajan, the largest and most elaborate of the...relief on the 140-foot-high Column of Trajan. In short, the viewer can get a sense...whose 25 years of research on the Forum of Trajan became the basis for the computer model...
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A Dedicatory Inscription to the Emperor Trajan from the Small Temple at Petra, Jordan
Magazine article from: Near Eastern Archaeology; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the bases found nearby, to the emperor Trajan during the latter half of his reign...the dedication depends upon the year of Trajan's tribunician power and the reading...belong after the beginning of 106 CE, when Trajan entered the eleventh year of his tribunician...
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Police seize artifacts stolen from Trajan's 1st century villa outside Rome
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/19/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...several years ago from one of Emperor Trajan's villas and being used to decorate...before experts decided they came from Trajan's 1st century villa. Police displayed...off the walls of what is believed to be Trajan's hunting retreat in Arcinazzo Romano...
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 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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ALASKA EMBRACES NATIVE LANGDON: DUKE STAR WELCOMES THE SUPPORT HE RECEIVES FROM HIS HOME STATE.(Sports)(Profile\Trajan Langdon\Blue Devils Basketball Team\Duke University)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 3/29/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Iditarod sled-dog race, and Trajan Langdon, All-America guard on the Duke...the enormous mass of the largest state, Trajan Shaka Langdon shines brighter than the...years ago - one year after Steve Langdon, Trajan's father, moved there with his family...
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Seeing the light. (Peter Erskine, Markets of Trajan, Rome, Italy)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 2/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...installation in Rome's ancient Markets of Trajan, Peter Erskine blended the optical with...installation in Rome's ancient Markets of Trajan, Space and Light art left behind its...death. While surveying the Markets of Trajan, the composers discovered that the noise...
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A Homecoming With Northern Exposure; Great Alaska Shootout Is SRO as Trajan Langdon Returns With No. 1 Duke
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/26/1998; ; 700+ words
; Trajan Langdon, the best basketball player Alaska...just so excited that Duke's coming and Trajan's going to be here," said Tim McDiffett...games and Langdon became known simply as Trajan. No last name necessary. The Blue Devils...
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The Forum of Trajan in Rome.(Review)
Magazine article from: Interior Design; 7/1/1998; ; 512 words
; The Forum of Trajan in Rome by James E. Packer Berkeley: University of California Press...OK. I have to admit the price and the seem justified. The Forum of Trajan is, of course, one of the largest and most tantalizing ruins of ancient...
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The end of the road for Trajan
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/4/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Devils are clinging to a 46-41 lead. Duke's captain, senior Trajan Langdon, is shooting just 1-of-10 on the night. Duke is...really hit some big buckets," Krzyzewski said. "We told Trajan to keep shooting because, you know, he's our guy." He...
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Trajan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Trajan The Roman emperor Trajan (ca. 53-117), or Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, was the first non...The danger from ambitious generals was so real that Nerva adopted Trajan, the commander of the nearest armies (on the Rhine), and made...
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Trajan's Column
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Trajan's Column. A huge marble column erected in Rome by the Emperor Trajan (reigned ad 98–117) as a monument to...monument was dedicated in 113, four years before Trajan's death, but according to a recent theory the...
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Hadrian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...76. A ward of his uncle, Emperor Trajan, he spent the first 30 years of his life as a general and public official under Trajan's tutelage. There was a cloud over Hadrian's accession, for Trajan, though a relation, did not adopt him...
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Pliny the Younger
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...treasuries, and the consulship. In 110 Trajan sent him on a special mission to investigate...is his official correspondence with Trajan from Bithynia. Also preserved is his Panegyricus, a speech praising Trajan. The letters of books 1-9, selected...
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Apollodorus of Damascus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...Damascus-born, he became architect to Emperor Trajan (98–117), and is credited with...s reign, including the thermae and forum of Trajan, the enormous Ulpian basilica , Trajan's column, and the nearby market complex...
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