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- Title
- On Trajan's Column : readings, functions and symbolism
- Related
- Ancient history : resources for teachers, Vol. 31, Issue 1, p.28-68
- Related
- http://www.ancienthistory.com.au/teachers.html
- Publisher
- Macquarie Ancient History Association
- Date
- 2001
- FoR/RFCD Code(s)
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210306 Classical Greek and Roman History
- Author/Creator
- Stevenson, Tom
- Description
- Most art history textbooks treat 'Trajan's Column' by concentrating on the details of the amazing helical frieze which envelopes the monument. In this paper I want initially to support those scholars who argue that the problems involved in viewing the frieze in detail were probably insurmountable in ancient times, so that we should re-evaluate our conventional approach. Next, the aim is to reassess the Column's functions as one way of approaching the meanings it would have had for individual viewers. Finally, I would like to make a few points about the Column as a symbol of Trajan's relationship with the Senate and People of Rome, and as a symbol of Roman power for later generations.
- Description
- 41 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 210306 Classical Greek and Roman History
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Ancient History
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/69760
- Identifier
- ISSN:0310-5814
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2002015580
- Language
- eng
- Rights
- Publisher version archived with the permission of the Editor, Ancient History : resources for Teachers, Macquarie Ancient History Association, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia. This copy is available for individual, non-commercial use. Permission to reprint/republish this version for other uses must be obtained from the publisher.
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