All the Emperor's Men: Roman Soldiers and Barbarians on Trajan's Column

The author was granted unprecedented access by the Rome authorities to scaffolding erected around the Column for conservation studies, allowing detailed photographic evidence to be collected as well as the chance to study the whole monument at close hand. Never before has this vast mass of material been studied in detail, in its entirety, using modern methods of recording, comparison and analysis. Its reliefs provide a uniquely detailed picture of the army at war in perfect harmony with Trajan who in his own lifetime and forever after was accounted 'The Best of Emperors'. The resulting book wil

by J C N Coulston

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