Tropaeum Traiani

Romania / Constanta / Adamclisi /
 museum, monument, archaeological site, Roman Empire, interesting place
The Tropaeum Traiani is a monument in Roman Civitas Tropaensium (site of modern Adamclisi, Romania), built in 109 in then Moesia Inferior, to commemorate Roman Emperor Trajan's victory over the Dacians, in 102, in the Battle of Tapae.
In its original form the monument would have been composed of a huge cylindrical structure, superposed by a coned roof made of stone slates laid like scales and on the roof there were two hexagonal bases having decreasing size: they served as a socle for a large statue - the well -known Tropaeum - the symbol of the Roman victories won at the borders of the empire.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeum_Traiani
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Coordinates:   44°6'8"N   27°57'17"E
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