Colonna Traiana (Trajan's Column, 113 CE), constructed under supervision of Apollodorus of Damascus

The tragic destiny of a man whose spiritual duty is to obey his social obligation and to bring war to a neighboring country, in order to protect the culture of Roman civilization and to impose that culture onto the barbarians of Dacia. The whirlwind of violence and death elevates him, and his following his destiny gives him the right to hover triumphantly over Rome, lit by the sun, and to bless the conquered countries from his pedestal. the column as a work of art is very similar to Shakespearean chronicles.