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Watch our new HD video here: https://youtu.be/to3kP7U3PoM Column of Trajan, Carrara marble, completed 113 C.E., Rome Dedicated to Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus b. 53 , d. 117 C.E.) in honor of his victory over Dacia (now Romania) 101-02 and 105-06 C.E. Dedicated to Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus b. 53 , d. 117 C.E.) in honor of his victory over Dacia (now Romania) 101-02 and 105-06 C.E. The inscription on the base is the source of the typeface Trajan and reads (with abbreviations spelled out): SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS IMPERATORI CAESARI DIVI NERVAE FILIO NERVAE TRAIANO AUGUSTO GERMANICO DACICO PONTIFICI MAXIMO TRIBUNICIA POTESTATE XVII IMPERATORI VI CONSULI VI PATRI PATRIAE AD DECLARANDUM QUANTAE ALTITUDINIS MONS ET LOCUS TAN[TIS OPER]IBUS SIT EGESTUS The Senate and the People of Rome To Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus, son of the divine Nerva Conqueror of Germany and Dacia, high priest, with the office of the tribune 17 times Proclaimed Imperator 6 times, elected consul 6 times, father of the Empire Here shows the height which this hill once stood Now removed for such great works as these Speakers: Valentina Follo (courtesy of Context Travel), Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.