Walk inside and ascend Trajan's Column

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  • @hanspeterpluss1338
    @hanspeterpluss1338 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    In 1955, I was one of the very rare persons who got the permission, from the ministery of education, to visit the inside and the top of the Column of Trajan, because I was a student of Ancient Rome's History. Just one word: Amazing.

    • @gully8029
      @gully8029 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m so happy you got to experience this. What an honor ❤ My head and heart would have exploded with excitement

    • @cougar2013
      @cougar2013 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The column was even there in 1955?!?

    • @hanspeterpluss1338
      @hanspeterpluss1338 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@cougar2013 of course, since almost 2'000 years! Or was that a kind of joke from you?

    • @cougar2013
      @cougar2013 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hanspeterpluss1338 no, I really thought that the Roman Empire erected the column sometime between 1955 and now 😂 jk I was trying to be funny, but as usual ended up amusing only myself. Sorry and thanks for sharing your cool story!! 😎✌️❤️

    • @hanspeterpluss1338
      @hanspeterpluss1338 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@cougar2013 Never mind, that was quite OK. I always forget, because of my age, that quite a lot of people are much more funny than me. Have a good day, and if possible, go once and have a sight on that wonderful town of Rome where a big part of our civilisation started, 2'700 years ago!

  • @DeneF
    @DeneF ปีที่แล้ว +202

    I am astonished. I had no idea it was so wide that it had an internal stairway. All these years I never knew. Amazing! Thanks Darius.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Glad you liked it! More AMAZING one of a kind content coming up... just getting started...

    • @bill9989
      @bill9989 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was there 3 months ago. Standing right there and it just doesn't seem wide enough for an internal stairway.

    • @marciaspiegel5280
      @marciaspiegel5280 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Never knew about this. Thank you.

    • @juliusnepos6013
      @juliusnepos6013 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @edwalker598
      @edwalker598 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i was shocked when I saw the size of its plaster cast at the V&A, its truly enormous

  • @m.dewylde5287
    @m.dewylde5287 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    A plaster cast replica of the column's bas-reliefs exists in Romania at the National Museum of Romanian History in Bucharest. The sections are not assembled and they are exhibited at eye level.
    This is because Romanians consider the event of Dacia being conquered by the Romans as the birth of what later became the Romanian people.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes- and there are other copies- ours is in EUR (but the museum is currently closed).

    • @DonariaRegia
      @DonariaRegia ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DariusArya If you wanted to take a camera inside the Arch of Septimius Severus or any of the other arches I'd watch that too.

    • @Nighthawk799
      @Nighthawk799 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      plaster copies are at the museum of roman civilization at EUR.

    • @theoroosevelt4849
      @theoroosevelt4849 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whats EUR?@@Nighthawk799

    • @risatedarte5366
      @risatedarte5366 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@DariusAryait'years that the wonderful Museo Della Civiltà Romana it'closed 😔

  • @JiveTrkey
    @JiveTrkey ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Pretty amazing for you to ascend the very same staircase that so many notable characters throughout history surely did too. And because it's so narrow, you can be sure your footsteps fell in the same spot.

  • @CTCDetroit
    @CTCDetroit ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Extremely thrilling experience, that you could never do as an actual tourist in Rome.

  • @larsrons7937
    @larsrons7937 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this rare tour. I was in Rome in 1977 and 2014 and both times I wished to ascend the staircase inside the column. I'm glad I at least got to see it on video.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @gregorymcdpachsa
    @gregorymcdpachsa ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you so much. I have wondered about the interior for decades.

  • @monicacall7532
    @monicacall7532 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Darius, back in 2000 my family and I had the opportunity to take a hard hat tour of Trajan’s forum which ended at his column. Being up close to the column and being able to see the magnificent carvings was truly awe inspiring. It’s exciting to see how much work has been done on the forum since then. Unfortunately, our tour didn’t include walking up the interior to the top. Seeing what you saw at the top brought back so many happy memories of the times I’ve visited Rome, and frankly, I envy you working in Rome and the rest of Italy (except for the wild drivers, especially the carabiniere [spelling?] who are the worst drivers of all!)

    • @hanspeterpluss1338
      @hanspeterpluss1338 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      monicacall: spelling of "carabiniere"? this is singular; the correct plural is "carabinieri". Tanti saluti da un mezzo Italiano!

  • @victoriafilippova8927
    @victoriafilippova8927 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a stunning view from the top of the Column! It''s amazing that there'"s a staircase inside it. Thank you Darius for this wonderful video! 😍

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @johnberry3824
    @johnberry3824 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fascinating! Thank you. The one thing you didn't mention is the most important aspect of Trajan's column for typographers, printers, and lettering artists: the inscription at the bottom has been considered for centuries the epitome of the classical Roman letters.

  • @libertycowboy2495
    @libertycowboy2495 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ive been to Roma once...got to see the column ( cant see the soldiers well over 10 to 20 ft up). Still it was awe inspiring. Wish they would have left the original statue on it. Would be amazing to see this restored to original condition

    • @mikeifyouplease
      @mikeifyouplease หลายเดือนก่อน

      If it had not been for the statue of St Peter, the column probably would have been knocked down. The transformation of many buildings in Rome into Christain
      related connections, is what saved a lot of the Ancient Roman architecture that we still see today.

  • @garywheeler7039
    @garywheeler7039 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    There is a plaster replica in England that is even more exact than the original that has eroded due to exposure to the elements. It preserves more details than the original.

    • @chumleyk
      @chumleyk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There's a reason why the original is in worse shape, it's because everyone made plaster casts of it which started to degrade it.

    • @garywheeler7039
      @garywheeler7039 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@chumleyk : No it was acid rain from pollution dissolving the stone. Coal burning especially.

  • @paulaiello2071
    @paulaiello2071 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My daughter and I sat down on a step right across from Trajan’s column and admired it’s beauty when we visited room for the first time in April 2023. Thanks for showing the inside. Breathtakingly, magnificent view!

  • @ciprianmoldovanu6264
    @ciprianmoldovanu6264 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bravo Darius!
    Amazing presentation!
    The world should thank you much 👍
    Thank you!

  • @edgarsnake2857
    @edgarsnake2857 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I stood outside it years ago and imagined what your video presents beautifully. Thanks.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank you- that's exactly what I wanted to share- the experience!

  • @MMijdus
    @MMijdus ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very special treat! Thank you! 🙏
    Let me also add that I think a statue of Trajan should be re-erected on top. He deserves this. It is HIS monument. It is he who should be honoured on top.

    • @hanspeterpluss1338
      @hanspeterpluss1338 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes indeed, a briliant idea! Thanks

  • @69waveydavey
    @69waveydavey ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There's a copy in the British museum, I saw it as a child on a school trip to London, It always fascinated me, I eventually saw it for real a couple of years ago. Had no idea it had steps in.

  • @jozefkrnc3753
    @jozefkrnc3753 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I had no idea that it was actually made out of solid marble blocks of that size. Truly boggles the mind how creative the Roman engineers had to be to construct such marvels without the modern technology. I hope that someday some billionaire will invest some money in something as monumental and longstanding as this so that the generations in 2000 years will see it and marvel at our society as much as we do at the Roman one...

  • @vladtepes6690
    @vladtepes6690 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I had the pleasure of viewing the column Marcus Aurelius a couple of weeks ago, an amazing monument that doesn't get many visitors or attention these days.

    • @hanspeterpluss1338
      @hanspeterpluss1338 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Rome is full of amazing aspects! And Italy is the beauty itself.

  • @Deyan_B_Travels
    @Deyan_B_Travels ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was in Rome last week. I didn't know you could go inside and on top of Trajan's column. On my list for the next time in Rome! Thank you!

  • @saveriocannata3447
    @saveriocannata3447 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you to bring the camera inside the column and on the top. Fantastic!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you liked it!

  • @wenliu5051
    @wenliu5051 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this has to be a wonder of the ancient world, simply mind boggling to think it's nearly 2000 years old, and still standing, and you can climb all the way to the top as well, I never knew you can climb the column.

  • @Anna-ky7ix
    @Anna-ky7ix ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for the tour inside Trajan’s column! Beautiful and astounding engineering!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @cyndy338
    @cyndy338 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Darius, so happy to see you again! Your knowledge and enthusiasm of Rome is amazing🤩 Thanks so much! Have always enjoyed your presentations! This video is thrilling👏👏👏👍👊😊

  • @orestesrafaelbetancourt4237
    @orestesrafaelbetancourt4237 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What an AMAZING video. Thank you for taking us there!

  • @stephensears7483
    @stephensears7483 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey Darius-It's Great to see you! Congratulations on your channel. I didn't know the column had an inside!! It's been a long time since our days on Via A. Masina in 99-00...

  • @alvanrigby6361
    @alvanrigby6361 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Breathtaking. Thank you!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @fredpierce6097
    @fredpierce6097 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing structure…..amazing views…….amazing video!

  • @douglaswilkinson5700
    @douglaswilkinson5700 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Darius, thank you! I never thought I'd see the inside of the column@

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      You bet! More incredible experiences on the way!

  • @gregorymccoy6797
    @gregorymccoy6797 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful opportunity.

  • @Suz-e-K
    @Suz-e-K ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, Darius. Lucky you. Thanks for sharing.

  • @senseis1
    @senseis1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WOW, great video.😀

  • @Redhand1949
    @Redhand1949 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I knew it had to have an interior because of the platform and railing at the top. BUT accessibility? No way! Thanks, Darius, for sharing an opportunity few of us will ever have! I'm pretty sure your access was a function of your expertise and reputation in Rome. Again, thanks for sharing. This is now burned in my memory, and I won't be able to "unsee" your steps the next time (I pray) I'm able to visit Rome.

  • @Ryan-vl2nn
    @Ryan-vl2nn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a huge nerd regarding Roman history, I absolutely love your channel. As I’ve learned so much in regards to Roman structures that survive to this day. Not to mention I had no idea that the column was originally painted. That’s amazing! Also I had no idea that there was an interior staircase. So cool!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome, thank you!

  • @michelaperito6994
    @michelaperito6994 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! I miss Rome so much.. thank you for your precious video! Love all that you do!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @nascarbryant
    @nascarbryant ปีที่แล้ว

    What a privilege to visit such restricted places! I remeber visiting Trajans markets …..not many people in the „museum“……it was magic….like being in old Rome……. Please keep also posting on linkedin!
    Thx for sharing your incredible experience….

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I will keep up with LinkedIn

  • @danielc45
    @danielc45 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! Must take special permission to climb up the column. What an incredible construction 200 years ago. Thanks for sharing.

    • @stevenrunyon170
      @stevenrunyon170 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      2,000 years ago

    • @danielc45
      @danielc45 ปีที่แล้ว

      Left out a zero!@@stevenrunyon170

  • @JamesAdams-ev6fc
    @JamesAdams-ev6fc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video. Darius, very good to see you back in this effective new format. Thanks very much.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you liked it!

    • @JamesAdams-ev6fc
      @JamesAdams-ev6fc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DariusArya Darius your videos about Roman artifacts are among the best. I hope that you will write a book or do a documentary on this. One thing that I am curious about: ancient Roman education. There must have been something to do besides visiting the Colosseum.

  • @koganinja100
    @koganinja100 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video I was there a few weeks ago on a bus tour - stood where you stood in intro didn’t have time to go inside- now I know I must go back.
    I would love to see it checked by electron microscope to check original colours as some of the Greek monuments have been And then restored to its original colours and glory and Trajans statue put back and restored would be fantastic.
    Whilst on my tour, one of the highlights for me was to leave a coin on the site where Julius Caesar’s ashes were said to be scattered.
    Love Italy, people, food, culture and history extraordinary country.
    Thank you for your video.
    All the best from down under
    Lewis
    Sydney
    Australia 🇦🇺

  • @mushymagazineonlocation7328
    @mushymagazineonlocation7328 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for taking us up. Amazing construction, amazing history.

  • @TA-dg6tf
    @TA-dg6tf ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is such a wonderful experience. Thank you so much Darius. I would never be able to see this without your video!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @monicabattaglia2436
    @monicabattaglia2436 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the wonderful experience and video 😊

  • @Eddict1989
    @Eddict1989 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing video. Thank you for lettings us see Trajan's collumn on the inside.

  • @samparkerSAM
    @samparkerSAM ปีที่แล้ว +3

    AWE INSPIRING, Thank You, SPQR remembers

  • @jamesclayton3388
    @jamesclayton3388 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Astonishing!.. thanks for sharing this with all of us. It is something I and many of your subscribers probably have never seen before. Is the statue of Trajen in the Vatican museum?..

  • @slemire58
    @slemire58 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for this! Great overview....was there last October and visiting the Forum there never gets old

  • @fredyair1
    @fredyair1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you! Are there any visits for the public that can be scheduled? The idea of stepping on those stairs and see what so many prestigious citizens of Rome saw almost 2000 years ago is just so mind boggling!

  • @cerracarmine
    @cerracarmine 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Belissima!
    This is amazing
    Was not aware of the incredible engineering

  • @RemseyYT
    @RemseyYT 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find it stunning that the column survived when most buildings around it did not.

  • @bangbangninergang7573
    @bangbangninergang7573 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As always, great content. Thanks for sharing this.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @bullfrommull
    @bullfrommull ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely wonderful. I wish I could do that.

  • @kaalraam
    @kaalraam ปีที่แล้ว

    2:56 That gelato place on the right side is AMAZING. top tier mango smoothie too :)

  • @brucelee3388
    @brucelee3388 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Should I also point out that the column was INSIDE the Library of Trajan, so people could walk around the inside of the library at various levels and look at the carved and painted surface of the column at near eye level.

  • @brober
    @brober ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fantastico! Do we know what happened to Trajan's sarcophagus at the base chamber or the huge bronze statue at the top removed in the 16th century? Grazie Prof. Arya

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good question! The urns are long gone. Same for Trajan's statue on top- surely recycled for the bronze.

  • @starkillerdude1914
    @starkillerdude1914 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's crazy to think trajan's column survived up until the 17 hundred when the pope decided the statue of trajan needed to go, replacing it.

  • @JoseGonzalez-nl6cf
    @JoseGonzalez-nl6cf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ir a Roma fue mi sueno echo realidad y estar cerca de la columna al emperador Trajano una experiencia sublime

  • @jimparsons6803
    @jimparsons6803 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, indeed. I've seen on US' PBS one or another docs, the outside of this structure. A billboard for this Roman Ruler. A PBS travel log by Rick Steves once told of a museum, nearby, that had plaster casts of the outside of this Colum. So that you can view this Column's segments at eyelevel. I wasn't aware that there tomb at the base for the ashes of Trajan or his wife. Or that there was a similar Column for Marcus Aurelius? A lot going on with those Romans. Newer discoveries or points of view being published every now and then. Interesting and well done, well presented.

  • @paoloviti6156
    @paoloviti6156 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Again I'm writing late but not only Trajan's column was built this way Lego like but also the The Colosseum and many important buildings...
    Good job because I never visited inside the stairs...

  • @teleopinions1367
    @teleopinions1367 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for that for all that history and for giving us the opportunity to go inside Trajan's Column. Qué lujo! Trajan was from Spain, right? Was he born in what today is Extremadura? Maybe I am wrong.

  • @whothefluff
    @whothefluff ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I didn't know they let people inside, that's an awesome experience. What's the process? I found a page to book visits to some places like the Sepolcro degli Scipioni or the Mitreo del Circo Massimo which happen a few times a year, but I can't find anything for the column

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Column is not open to public. I"ll share in the future the sites you mention..

  • @dima97
    @dima97 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun fact, it was a mediveal tourist destination. It had so many people lined up, they started to sell tickets to get in

  • @vickilindberg6336
    @vickilindberg6336 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing. Knew I enjoyed the story on the outside but had no idea it was actually his tomb or had a staircase.

  • @Chuck8541
    @Chuck8541 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's so amazing. As a tourist, I'd never be able to see that view from above! Thanks!
    I do wonder, sorry if this is a stupid question, but are their ashes still in the base somewhere? If not, what happened to them?

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The urns are long gone- Trajan and Plotina.

    • @Chuck8541
      @Chuck8541 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DariusArya ahh, ok I see. Thank you!
      Was just curious.

  • @lauxmyth
    @lauxmyth ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great work but so wanted to see the doors at the base to see the age of the hinges and locks. Metal it appears so not likely original. Seen photos from a distance and never noted the windows needed to light the stairs. So cool.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Windows are key. The door today is modern...

  • @Sevenigma777
    @Sevenigma777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just caught this channel and this is the type of content im addicted too and why i havent had cable in over ten years now and this is a small channel...well for now keep this up and youll be one of the big ones in no time!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoy it!

  • @xdeecee
    @xdeecee ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow Darius, I’m so happy you got to experience that! Amazing, thx for sharing it with us. Incredible. 👍

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @smashinproduction
    @smashinproduction ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you so much for all your videos

  • @TriviRocks
    @TriviRocks ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! It's like a lighthouse inside. I had never imagined that!

  • @robbillington1982
    @robbillington1982 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to see the Basilica Ulpia getting some rebuild treatment lately!

  • @anna-lisagirling7424
    @anna-lisagirling7424 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Oh, my! I actually never realized it had an internal staircase to the top! What I wouldn't give for a time machine to see that view shortly after it was completed! Also, have the colors of the narrative "scroll" been determined and is there a visual recreation of it somewhere? Thank you, Darius, for taking me on this visit.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Great article on the colors in Nat Geo article.

    • @klyanadkmorr
      @klyanadkmorr ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah the outside replication of the emperor warrior's exploits was like doing a picto graph of '300' on a scroll to wrap around stuff.

  • @maklamukla583
    @maklamukla583 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Die Trajan Säule ist beeindruckend vor allem weil sie so gut erhalten ist. Als ich vor Jahren in Rom war hatten mich die Caracalla Thermen am meisten beeindruckt, diese riesen Gebäude und Anlage. Es muss beeindruckend gewesen sein wo alles noch Komplett war. Bitte machen Sie einen Film zu den Caracalla Thermen würde mich sehr freuen. Danke

  • @dawndelvecchio5375
    @dawndelvecchio5375 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What an amazing video! I had no idea how large it actually was. I didn't know there was a staircase inside that you could use to reach the top. So cool! Thank you!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you liked it! Check out ARL for a video on more rich details on how they built it- coming soon

  • @lesliewatson-cq8mb
    @lesliewatson-cq8mb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always wanted to know what it was like inside!! Thanks so much! Leslie

  • @Insectoid_
    @Insectoid_ ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve never seen inside it. This is exciting 😊

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazing experience I wanted to share!

  • @hildaramirez1372
    @hildaramirez1372 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Has hecho realidad mi sueño de muchos años: ver las escenas talladas en la columna tan cerca de mis ojos. Y mirar el interior y conocer cómo esta construida me hizo lanzar un pequeño grito de alegría..... Has alegrado mi día. Gracias, muchas gracias

  • @dondouglass6415
    @dondouglass6415 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic video... Thank you... Huzzah!! 😊

  • @mademoiselledusfonctionell1609
    @mademoiselledusfonctionell1609 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for letting us all into this monument! I am beginning to realise that your channel is an absolute treasure trove for people interested in the Roman empire.

  • @1028dianemarie
    @1028dianemarie ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video. Would never see this without you. 👏🏻👏🏻And what a view of the monument to Victor Emmanuel. My grandmother, who came here from Bari, was named Emmanuela after the king 👑

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, best view ever! happy to share the incredible experience

  • @daveweiss5647
    @daveweiss5647 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had no idea! Thanks!

  • @bluowl148
    @bluowl148 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravissimo,come al solito spieghi molto bene 👏👏

  • @johnrogers8836
    @johnrogers8836 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a secondary (if not primary) function of the internal void / stair access would have been a (significant) reduction in weight.

  • @Sassari2930
    @Sassari2930 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful video... Thanks!!

  • @davidolien2828
    @davidolien2828 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. I appreciate your vid’s very much.

  • @ЕвгенийПак-в6с
    @ЕвгенийПак-в6с หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello, Darius, appreciate your work! Is it possible to get Marcus Aurelius column inside video from you?

  • @tomnelson710
    @tomnelson710 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing!

  • @valeriesarthou9355
    @valeriesarthou9355 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful ! Thanks for the view of the most beautiful city, Roma Aeterna!

  • @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
    @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was an amazing walk you took us on! Very impressive architecture.
    If I may ask a question, back in Antiquity, how safe/unsafe could such a monument have been for the average person to climb? It's a big fall, a great trap for mugging, etc...

  • @timhollinsead5974
    @timhollinsead5974 ปีที่แล้ว

    Darius, great video, what an experience! Tim

  • @daveowenmusic1749
    @daveowenmusic1749 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible!

  • @zgomote
    @zgomote ปีที่แล้ว

    This is awesome.

  • @BoomVang
    @BoomVang ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I think I requested a video on this interior years ago, so hurray 😁 P.S. tourists may want to visit the museum in Rome's EUR suburb that has castings of all the carvings viewable at ground level. Or just google around for images or videos of the reliefs unrolled (and sometimes colored).

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! EUR museum della civilta'' romana is still closed for restoration.

  • @andyroo9381
    @andyroo9381 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    WOW! You took us to a place we will never be able to go on our own. This was a privilege. What happened to the statue of Trajan? Was it made of marble or of bronze? Was it stolen or repurposed? Thank you for this.

    • @Joanna-il2ur
      @Joanna-il2ur ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I imagine the Church just broke it up when they stuck St John up there.

    • @ralfjansen9118
      @ralfjansen9118 ปีที่แล้ว

      The bronze of the statue has been molten for probably profane purposes already in the middle ages, same as the lead plugs that held the drums of the column together have been broken out by metal thieves.

    • @ralfjansen9118
      @ralfjansen9118 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Joanna-il2urSt Peter, not St John

    • @Joanna-il2ur
      @Joanna-il2ur ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ralfjansen9118 blame Claridge. She said it was St John. I did an assignment on the column for my MA.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Melted down, repurposed, sometime in the Middle Ages- probably from locals "hungry' for metal (gilded bronze)

  • @pile333
    @pile333 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing!

  • @liamK1916
    @liamK1916 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every obelisk on earth with a crown on it is aligned with Trajans column.
    Alignments are an amazing rabbit hole to go down 😅

  • @annagattellari85
    @annagattellari85 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you shering tha With us ❤👏👏👏👏👍🏻

  • @astrialindah2773
    @astrialindah2773 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've never even heard of this column! I wonder what kind of plaster they used...? You would think those 3D reliefs would be flaking apart after all these years... But it actually looks like it's held up well.

  • @arrjay2410
    @arrjay2410 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What happened to the statue of Trajan at the top.
    If it still exists could it be returned to the top of the column.

    • @A_Eichler
      @A_Eichler ปีที่แล้ว

      Totally agree!

    • @brucelee3388
      @brucelee3388 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trajan's statue was probably bronze, so once the Library of Trajan was destroyed the bronze statue would have been melted down, like so many others - most bronzes that survive came from ship wrecks like Antikythera or were buried in places like Herculaneum.

  • @mikeifyouplease
    @mikeifyouplease หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish you had shown the entrance way and "the room?" that made up the first floor. Were the tombs or the locations of the tombs visible in that entrance "foyer?"

  • @hildaramirez1372
    @hildaramirez1372 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Simplemente creo que eres el mejor en este trabajo🤩

  • @danschoen3349
    @danschoen3349 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool, do we know if Trajans ashes are still there and what happened to the orginal statue was it destroyed?