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Episode LXIX

THE ARCH OF TRAJAN

Beneventum. A lowly, unremarkable town that was once the prided entrance to the highway to the port of Brundisium. The Via Traiana.

One of the best preserved triumphal arches stands tall there, the Arch Of Trajan.

Rebel propaganda shows Trajan giving money to the poor, presiding over sacrifices and founding cities.

The goddess Victory is shown presented Trajan with a wreath which depicts glorius battles against the empirical Dacians

The frieze depicts 107 figures: soldiers carrything the spoils of war, Trajan seen riding in a triumphal chariot. And many more...