Rostral column
A rostral column is a type of victory column, originating in ancient Greece and Rome where they were erected to commemorate a naval military victory. Traditionally, rostra – the prows or rams of captured ships – were mounted on the columns. Rostral columns of the modern world include the Columbus Memorial at Columbus Circle in New York City,[1] and the paired Saint Petersburg Rostral Columns.[2]
List of notable rostral columns
Ancient
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- Columna Rostrata C. Duilii ("Rostral Column of Gaius Duilius"), celebrating the naval Battle of Mylae (260 BC); formerly in the Roman Forum, some remnants of the inscription are now in the Capitoline Museum.[3][4]
Modern
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- Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns (1811), Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Tripoli Monument First Barbary War[5]
See also
- Rostra, the raised platforms in ancient Rome, also adorned with the beaks of captured warships, from which orations and pleadings were delivered
References
Citations
- ^ "New York - Columbus Monument". www.Vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Images of the Saint Petersburg Rostral Columns". LHDigest.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Columna Rostrata C. Duilii in Samuel Ball Platner and Thomas Ashby: A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (1929).
- ^ "Latin Honorary Inscriptions". www.Attalus.org. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Tripoli Monument at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland by Giovanni C Micali". DCMemorials.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
Other sources
- "Greek architecture" Encyclopædia Britannica, 1965
External links
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