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The Column of Marcus Aurelius (Latin: Columna Centenaria Divorum Marci et Faustinae, Italian: Colonna di Marco Aurelio) is a Roman victory column in Piazza Colonna, Rome, Italy. It is a Doric column featuring a spiral relief : it was built in honour of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and modeled on Trajan's Column .
The Column of Marcus Aurelius and Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius still stand in Rome, where they were erected in celebration of his military victories. As a philosopher, his work Meditations is one of the most important sources for the modern understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy.
It is named for the marble Column of Marcus Aurelius, which has stood there since AD 193. The bronze statue of Saint Paul that crowns the column was placed in 1589, by order of Pope Sixtus V. The Roman Via Lata (now the Via del Corso) runs through the piazza's eastern end, from south to north.
The Arch of Marcus Aurelius, dedicated to the emperor Marcus Aurelius by the Roman Senate is known through literary sources and an inscription. [1] It was decreed by the Senate at the end of the first phase of the Marcomannic War which ended with a triumph celebrated by the emperor and his son Commodus over the Marcomanni and Sarmatians in December 176.
19th-century comparison between the Alexander Column, the Column of the Grande Armée, Trajan's Column, the Column of Marcus Aurelius, and "Pompey's Pillar". A victory column, or monumental column or triumphal column, is a monument in the form of a column, erected in memory of a heroic commemoration, [1] including victorious battle, war, or revolution.
The column shows 2,662 figures and 155 scenes; Trajan himself appears on the column 58 times. [10] The continuous helical frieze winds 23 times from base to capital and was an architectural innovation in its time. [11] The design was adopted by later emperors such as Marcus Aurelius.
It takes its name from the Column of Marcus Aurelius in the Piazza Colonna, the rione 's main square. [1] The rione's coat of arms is a now a silver column, representing the Column of Marcus Aurelius, on a red background. However, the insignia originally consisted of three azure bands against a silver background. [2]
Column of Marcus Aurelius; Column of Phocas; Column of the Immaculate Conception, Rome; M. Milliarium Aureum; P. Monument to the Porta Pia Breach; T. Trajan's Column