Column



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Column. A pillar, round in form and composed of a body called the shaft, of a head termed the capital, and of a foot denominated the base. The Romans had epithets to designate different insulated columns, used for public purposes. Those noticeable on their coins were the rostrated and the triumphal. See:
- Trajan's Column
- Columna Rostrata
- Columna Antoniniana


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