Trajan preparing to sacrifice a bull in front of the bridge that Apollodorus built across the Danube. Soldiers hold tall military standards to the left, and Trajan displays an offering dish above a small altar (detail), Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Rome, 106–113 C.E., marble, 38.4 m high (photo: Dr. Kimberly Cassibry, from a cast in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

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Trajan preparing to sacrifice a bull in front of the bridge that Apollodorus built across the Danube. Soldiers hold tall military standards to the left, and Trajan displays an offering dish above a small altar (detail), Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Rome, 106–113 C.E., marble, 38.4 m high (photo: Dr. Kimberly Cassibry, from a cast in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Trajan preparing to sacrifice a bull in front of the bridge that Apollodorus built across the Danube. Soldiers hold tall military standards to the left, and Trajan displays an offering dish above a small altar (detail), Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Rome, 106–113 C.E., marble, 38.4 m high (photo: Dr. Kimberly Cassibry, from a cast in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Cite this page as: Beth Harris, "Trajan preparing to sacrifice a bull in front of the bridge that Apollodorus built across the Danube. Soldiers hold tall military standards to the left, and Trajan displays an offering dish above a small altar (detail), Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Rome, 106–113 C.E., marble, 38.4 m high (photo: Dr. Kimberly Cassibry, from a cast in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)," in Smarthistory, December 30, 2023, accessed April 24, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/reframing-art-history/roman-empire-in-a-connected-world/trajan/.