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No. XXXII.
A bas-relief, imperfect, representing a trophy erected by Trajan,
to commemorate his conquest over Decebalus, the leader of the
Dacians. Near the trophy stands a Dacian chief, as a captive, at-
tended by one of Trajan's guards, and secured by a chain fas-
tened round his right wrist. The dress and character of this cap-
tive exactly correspond with the costume of the Dacians, as it is
represented on Trajan's column. His head has no covering, his
chin is bearded, and his dress consists of a long cloak, and a
sort of trowsers which reach to his feet. The trophy, as usual, is
erected on the trunk of a tree, over which a Dacian cloak (1) is
thrown, while a shield and a standard (2) are suspended from a
bough by the side of it. In some of the trophies represented on the
coins of Trajan in honour of the above victory, the arms of the
Sarmatians, who assisted Decebalus against the Romans, are
blended with the arms of the Dacians. Thus, in the present in-
stance, the hexagonal shield is a part of the armour of the Sarma-
tians ; the shields used by the Dacians were of an oval form, as is
ascertained from the bas-reliefs on Trajan's column. The inscrip-
tion, si. anton. epaphra, records the name of the artist who
invented the design. Dimensions lOf inches, by 11|- inches.
No. XXXIII.
This bas-relief, which formerly belonged to Sir Hans Sloane, dif-
fers in a very slight degree from No. XXVIII. For an engraving
of No. XXXIII. the reader is referred to No. LXIX.
1 See Bartoli Colonna Trajana, p. 58.
1 The Dacian standard here introduced consists of a pole ornamented at the top with
the head of a dragon. It is introduced among the warlike instruments of the Dacians,
which are engraved round the pedestal of Trajan's column, and it may be seen on a silver
coin of Trajanus Decius, which has the legend dacia.
No. XXXII.
A bas-relief, imperfect, representing a trophy erected by Trajan,
to commemorate his conquest over Decebalus, the leader of the
Dacians. Near the trophy stands a Dacian chief, as a captive, at-
tended by one of Trajan's guards, and secured by a chain fas-
tened round his right wrist. The dress and character of this cap-
tive exactly correspond with the costume of the Dacians, as it is
represented on Trajan's column. His head has no covering, his
chin is bearded, and his dress consists of a long cloak, and a
sort of trowsers which reach to his feet. The trophy, as usual, is
erected on the trunk of a tree, over which a Dacian cloak (1) is
thrown, while a shield and a standard (2) are suspended from a
bough by the side of it. In some of the trophies represented on the
coins of Trajan in honour of the above victory, the arms of the
Sarmatians, who assisted Decebalus against the Romans, are
blended with the arms of the Dacians. Thus, in the present in-
stance, the hexagonal shield is a part of the armour of the Sarma-
tians ; the shields used by the Dacians were of an oval form, as is
ascertained from the bas-reliefs on Trajan's column. The inscrip-
tion, si. anton. epaphra, records the name of the artist who
invented the design. Dimensions lOf inches, by 11|- inches.
No. XXXIII.
This bas-relief, which formerly belonged to Sir Hans Sloane, dif-
fers in a very slight degree from No. XXVIII. For an engraving
of No. XXXIII. the reader is referred to No. LXIX.
1 See Bartoli Colonna Trajana, p. 58.
1 The Dacian standard here introduced consists of a pole ornamented at the top with
the head of a dragon. It is introduced among the warlike instruments of the Dacians,
which are engraved round the pedestal of Trajan's column, and it may be seen on a silver
coin of Trajanus Decius, which has the legend dacia.