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A Story Carved in Stone (Columna Traiani)

Trajan's Column commemorated Roman campaigns in Dacia. A long spiral band of relief sculpture winds upward, showing soldiers, camps, travel, and battle scenes.

Grades 5–8. Places and stories.

How it connects

The monument works like a continuous picture narrative wrapped around a columna.

Latin words that go with this card: columna, miles, victoria.

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