Trajan's Column - Quiz
A) A temple dedicated to Mars B) A triumphal arch C) A Roman aqueduct D) A Roman triumphal column
A) Augustus's victory in the Gallic Wars B) Julius Caesar's victory over Pompey C) Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars D) Marcus Aurelius's victory in the Marcomannic Wars
A) Rabirius B) Apollodorus of Damascus C) Agrippa D) Vitruvius
A) The Roman People B) Emperor Hadrian C) The Roman Senate D) The Praetorian Guard
A) In the Campus Martius B) In the Roman Forum C) In Trajan's Forum D) Near the Colosseum
A) 1587 AD B) 12 May 113 AD C) 117 AD D) 101 AD
A) Its spiral bas relief B) Its height C) Its massive bronze statue D) Its hidden treasury room
A) 30 metres (98 feet) B) 20 metres (66 feet) C) 50 metres (164 feet) D) 35 metres (115 feet)
A) Carrara marble drums B) Granite blocks C) Travertine limestone D) Red brick
A) 10 B) 25 C) 15 D) 20
A) 10 tons B) 100 tons C) 53.3 tons D) 32 tons
A) 100-metre (328-foot) B) 190-metre (620-foot) C) 250-metre (820-foot) D) 300-metre (984-foot)
A) 23 times B) 10 times C) 15 times D) 30 times
A) 100 steps B) 300 steps C) 250 steps D) 185 steps
A) A water reservoir B) An altar to Jupiter C) A viewing deck D) A secret burial chamber
A) 53.3 tons B) 100 tons C) 15 tons D) 32 tons
A) A statue of a wolf B) A statue of a bird, probably an eagle C) A statue of a lion D) A statue of Victory
A) A statue of Augustus B) A statue of Trajan C) A statue of an eagle D) A statue of Saint Peter
A) In the Middle Ages B) During the Renaissance C) In the 19th century D) In antiquity
A) Pope Julius II B) Pope Leo X C) Pope Gregory XIII D) Pope Sixtus V
A) Two sections of the Ulpian Library B) Two basilicas of justice C) Two temples of the imperial cult D) Two residential villas
A) A Greek chamber and a Latin chamber B) A Roman chamber and an Egyptian chamber C) A public chamber and a private chamber D) A philosophical chamber and a legal chamber
A) Wooden bookcases for scrolls B) Marble busts of emperors C) Bronze statues of philosophers D) Painted murals of battles
A) His personal memoirs, the Commentarii B) His military manual on bridge building C) His letters to Pliny the Younger D) His commentary on the Dacian Wars, the Dacica
A) 2,662 figures B) 1,500 figures C) 3,000 figures D) 500 figures
A) 50 scenes B) 155 scenes C) 230 scenes D) 500 scenes
A) 10 times B) 58 times C) 100 times D) 25 times
A) A traditional Greek design B) An architectural innovation C) A copy of Egyptian obelisks D) A failed artistic experiment
A) Constantine B) Nero C) Augustus D) Marcus Aurelius
A) From 0.5 metres to 2 metres B) From about 1 metre to 1.2 metres C) It stays the exact same width D) From 2 metres to 1 metre
A) In reverse order B) Continuously C) In isolated square frames D) Chronologically separated by text
A) A variety of different perspectives are used to reveal more B) Only aerial perspectives are used C) Strict linear perspective is always maintained D) No perspective is used at all
A) The first campaign (101–102) B) The second campaign (105–106) C) The Parthian War D) The Gallic Wars
A) The second campaign (105–106) B) The Germanic Wars C) The first campaign (101–102) D) The civil wars
A) They were contemporary to the time of construction B) They happened during the Republic C) They occurred centuries before construction D) They were purely fictional future wars
A) Senate debate B) Naval defeat C) Gladiatorial combat D) Imperial address (adlocutio)
A) Sacrificio B) Supplicatio C) Consecratio D) Lustratio
A) Expeditio B) Profectio C) Triumphus D) Reditus
A) They are very much a minority B) They take up exactly half of the column C) They make up the majority of the frieze D) They are completely absent
A) Panicked retreats and chaotic skirmishes B) Political negotiations in the Senate C) Orderly soldiers carrying out ceremony and construction D) Triumphal parades through Rome
A) To incorporate and integrate Dacia into the Roman Empire as a province B) To exact a one-time monetary tribute C) To completely annihilate the local population D) To establish a temporary trading outpost
A) They are nonexistent B) They appear only in the upper half C) They are limited to the background D) They are shown in great detail
A) The urban population of Rome B) Foreign ambassadors visiting the capital C) The Roman legionaries stationed abroad D) The conquered Dacian nobility
A) Their distrust of the Senate B) Their fear of foreign naval invasions C) Their fear of grain shortages D) Their fear and distrust of the army
A) A ruthless conqueror of nations B) An austere and unyielding dictator C) A man of justice, clemency, moderation, and restraint D) A religious prophet and reformer
A) A peaceful commercial partnership B) An ecological disaster caused by the Romans C) The construction of a temporary road network D) A more total conquest of the province than had previously been achieved
A) 10 of the 50 trees B) 5 of the 500 trees C) 48 of the 224 trees D) 100 of the 200 trees
A) A carving of a sacrificial bull B) An inscription dedicated to Jupiter C) A personification of victory writing on a shield flanked by trophies D) A large portrait of Emperor Trajan
A) The burning of the Dacian capital B) The signing of the initial peace treaty C) The assassination of Decebalus D) The great sacrifice by the Danube bridge
A) King Burebista B) The Dacian king Decebalus C) Apollodorus of Damascus D) Emperor Trajan
A) Steel crossbows B) Greek fire siphons C) A ballista or catapult D) Gunpowder cannons
A) 10 types B) 50 types C) 12 types D) 37 types
A) Abstract style B) Gothic style C) Veristic style D) Idealized classical style
A) They are completely absent from all scenes B) They appear only on the top viewing platform C) They occupy the central heroic positions D) They occupy and define the margins of the scenes
A) Dacian women did not wear clothes B) Mortal females in Roman state art are so rare C) Women were forbidden from entering Rome D) Female figures were reserved only for coins
A) The idea of democratic political alliances B) The strength of Dacian military resistance C) The importance of agricultural labor D) The idea of subjugation by feminizing the foreign conquered
A) The abduction of the Sabine women B) The mass suicide scene C) The torture scene D) The mourning of fallen soldiers
A) Roman women defending a burning fort B) Four Dacian women torturing two naked men C) Roman soldiers torturing Dacian captives D) Dacian priests sacrificing animals
A) A surreal mythological effect B) A strong effect of verisimilitude C) A humorous caricature effect D) An abstract allegorical effect
A) As prophetic visions of the future B) As theatrical stage performances C) As objective historical truth D) As mythological fiction
A) He is depicted realistically making 58 appearances B) He appears only once at the very top C) He is hidden among the crowd in disguise D) He is depicted as a giant god making 100 appearances
A) Early Christian religious rituals B) Roman culinary recipes and dining habits C) Greek theatrical scripts and music D) Roman and barbarian arms, methods of warfare, and costume
A) Agricultural windmills B) Gladiatorial arenas C) Forts, ships, and weapons D) Chariot race tracks
A) A map of the Danube river B) A collection of poetry about Rome C) Trajan's lost commentary on the Dacian Wars D) A legal code written by Apollodorus
A) Be buried inside the column's pedestal B) Be read aloud during Senate meetings C) Be echoed in the spiralling, sculpted narrative design of the column D) Serve as a textbook for Roman children
A) To display marble busts of conquered kings B) To hold wooden bookcases for scrolls C) To store military weapons D) To burn oil lamps for lighting
A) Florence B) Naples C) Milan D) Rome
A) Latin B) Greek C) Italian D) Spanish
A) Italian B) French C) Latin D) German
A) South B) West C) East D) North
A) Egyptian obelisks B) Medieval clock towers C) Numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern D) Roman triumphal arches
A) A spiral staircase B) A system of pulley ropes C) A wooden ladder D) An external stone ramp
A) About 20 metres (66 feet) B) About 50 metres (164 feet) C) About 15 metres (49 feet) D) About 34 metres (112 feet)
A) A silver figure of an eagle B) A bronze figure of Saint Peter C) A bronze figure of Trajan D) A gold figure of an angel
A) Statues of gods B) Scrolls C) Armour and shields D) Gold coins
A) 500 figures B) Exactly 1,000 figures C) Over 5,000 figures D) About 2,500 figures
A) Farmers, merchants, artists and slaves B) Sailors, soldiers, statesmen and priests C) Gladiators, actors, musicians and poets D) Doctors, lawyers, architects and builders
A) Crossing the Rubicon B) Crossing the Euphrates in the East C) The first crossing of the Danube by the Roman legion D) Crossing the Rhine into Germania
A) Trajan's voyage down the Tiber B) Trajan's voyage up the Danube C) Trajan's voyage across the Mediterranean D) Trajan's voyage to Britain
A) The surrender of the Parthians B) The surrender of the Gauls C) The surrender of the Carthaginians D) The surrender of the Dacians
A) The assault on Jerusalem B) The assault on Carthage C) The assault on Alesia D) The assault on the Dacian capital
A) At the southern entrance B) Outside the main gates C) In the exact geographic center D) Toward the northernmost point
A) Jean-Pierre Champollion B) Gaston Boissier C) Paul Veyne D) Victor Duruy
A) Augustus B) Julius Caesar C) Napoleon D) Charlemagne
A) Exile B) Ostracism C) Deification D) Manumission
A) 110 B) 138 C) 117 D) 98
A) Marble B) Bronze C) Silver D) Gold
A) Genuflection B) Fastings C) Chanting D) Circumambulation
A) With a titulus B) With manuscript lettering C) With a dot D) With Roman square capitals
A) Frederic Goudy B) Warren Chappell C) Edward Gibbon D) Carol Twombly
A) Warren Chappell B) Edward Catich C) Edward Gibbon D) Antoninus Pius
A) 43 window slits B) 29 window slits C) 185 window slits D) 6 window slits
A) Capitoline Temple B) Place Vendôme C) Basilica Ulpia D) Trajan's Market
A) 14 blocks B) 185 blocks C) 29 blocks D) 19 blocks
A) 29 blocks B) 43 blocks C) 19 blocks D) 185 blocks
A) Austerlitz B) The Capitoline Hill C) Dacia D) Germany
A) Eight B) Twelve C) Four D) Two
A) Domenico Fontana B) Filippo Brunelleschi C) Michelangelo Buonarroti D) Donato Bramante
A) London B) Rome C) Mainz D) Bucharest
A) An anonymous Roman historian B) A team from the Victoria and Albert Museum C) The German Archaeological Institute D) Conrad Cichorius |
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