Ancient Roman Comic Strip

The triumphal Column of Marcus Aurelias in Rome, Italy

Trajan's column was such a hit—a comic strip–like scroll showcasing the emperor's achievements and battles, wrapped around a towering column like a candy cane—that Marcus Aurelias had one made for himself in AD 180–93.

Incidentally, that's not a statue of Marcus Aurelius at the top anymore; Pope Sixus V replaced the statue of the pagan emperor with a proper St. Paul in 1588. (If you want to see a killer statue of Marcus Aurelius, there's one at the Capitoline Museums)

Piazza Colonna/Via del Corso.
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