Trajanic

The column, erected in honor of this emperor after his victory over the Marcomannos, shows, in spiral form, splendid reliefs, which remind us of Trajanic art remains.

The siting of the Trajanic victory monument here was obviously a way of declaring that the defeats of the past reign had been avenged and that the military honour of Rome had been reclaimed.

At Tauromenium, the Trajanic or Hadrianic reconstruction of the theatre was accompanied by the building of an odeion for performance on a smaller scale.