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	062 of 152. Trajan's Column, located just north of the Roman Forum, was erected in 113 AD and commemorates Emperor Trajan's victories in Dacia (now Romania). The freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief frieze which winds around the shaft 23 times to a height of 625 ft. There are more than two thousand carved figures on the column that depict the story of Trajan's Dacian war campaigns. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 steps provides access to a platform at the top.