Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome

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Roman triumphal monument ancient Roman column victory column

The Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome is a monumental Roman victory column, richly carved with spiral reliefs commemorating Emperor Marcus Aurelius’s military campaigns along the Danube frontier.

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Label	Occurrences
Column of Marcus Aurelius	8
Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman triumphal monument ⓘ ancient Roman column ⓘ victory column ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Aurelian Column ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Ancient Roman ⓘ
builtInPeriod	reign of Commodus ⓘ
city	Rome ⓘ
commemorates	Marcomannic Wars ⓘ military campaigns along the Danube frontier ⓘ
constructionEnd	circa 193 CE ⓘ
constructionStart	circa 176 CE ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
currentTopSculpture	statue of Saint Paul ⓘ
currentTopSculptureInstallationYear	1589 ⓘ
currentTopSculptureInstalledBy	Sixtus V ⓘ surface form: Pope Sixtus V
dedicatedTo	Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
depictsEvent	crossing of the Danube ⓘ religious rituals ⓘ sieges of barbarian settlements ⓘ
depictsPerson	Marcus Aurelius ⓘ Roman soldiers ⓘ
era	Imperial Roman period ⓘ
function	commemorative monument ⓘ imperial propaganda monument ⓘ
hasArtStyle	Roman historical relief ⓘ
hasInternalFeature	spiral staircase ⓘ
hasReliefSubject	Roman military campaigns ⓘ battles against Germanic tribes ⓘ battles against Sarmatian tribes ⓘ imperial propaganda ⓘ scenes of Roman army life ⓘ
hasReliefType	spiral relief ⓘ
hasTourismType	cultural tourism attraction ⓘ
height	approximately 29.6 metres (column shaft) ⓘ
heightIncludingBase	approximately 39.7 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	Historic Centre of Rome ⓘ surface form: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Centre of Rome
honors	Marcus Aurelius ⓘ surface form: Emperor Marcus Aurelius
inspiredBy	Trajan's Column ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
LatinName	Columna Centenaria Divi Marci Aurelii ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Piazza Colonna ⓘ Rome ⓘ
locatedOnStreet	Via del Corso ⓘ
material	marble ⓘ
originalTopSculpture	statue of Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
partOf	historic center of Rome ⓘ
region	Lazio ⓘ
similarTo	Trajan's Column ⓘ