Traians column

[caiusbeerquitius]

Hi! Yes, it is very probable that TC was painted...

According to Raffaele D'Amato there are no doubts: it was painted.
He reports at least two testimonials: the first is Dante Alighieri that writes in the XIII century about his travel to Rome and describes the colours of TC.
In modern times it seems that Racinet about in 1888 published a book with dozens of colour tables with roman soldiers in-colour, stating that colours were copied from the traces still visible at that times and today completely removed by the last restoration that removed not only pollution from TC, but also any kind of pigment.

Yes, but then D´Amato also tells us that there were traces of colours on the M. Caelius stone in the 19th century, although this is apparently not true, and D´Amato also writes that the Primaporta-Augustus published by Lindenschmit shows the actual colours, which is also completely wrong. I made the experience with D´Amatos work that it is very important to check every single reference he comes up with.