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Column of Marcus Aurelius

The Column of Marcus Aurelius still stands in modern day Rome today, in the Piazza Colonna. It stands 100 feet high and bears a spiralling band of reliefs telling the pictorial tale of Aurelian's Danubian wars. It originally stood within the area of the temple dedicated to Marcus Aurelius. Model of Rome in the days of Constantine the Great Museo della Civilta, Rome