Editing Marcus Aurelius (section)

=== Column ===
{{Main|Column of Marcus Aurelius}}

Marcus's [[victory column]], established in Rome either in his last few years of life or after his reign and completed in 193, was built to commemorate his victory over the Sarmatians and Germanic tribes in 176. A spiral of carved [[relief]]s wraps around the column, showing scenes from his military campaigns. A statue of Marcus had stood atop the column but disappeared during the [[Middle Ages]]. It was replaced with a statue of [[Saint Paul]] in 1589 by [[Pope Sixtus V]].<ref>[https://curate.nd.edu/show/ft848p61g5s 'Column of Marcus Aurelius: Overall view, of base and column'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522142047/https://curate.nd.edu/show/ft848p61g5s |date=22 May 2020 }}. [[University of Notre Dame]], [[Hesburgh Library]]. Accessed 24 November 2018.</ref> The column of Marcus and the [[column of Trajan]] are often compared by scholars given how they are both [[Doric order|Doric]] in style, had a pedestal at the base, had sculpted [[frieze]]s depicting their respective military victories, and a statue on top.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scenes for Comparison · The Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius · Classics|url=https://classics.sites.grinnell.edu/exhibits/show/columns-exhibit/comparative-sequences|access-date=21 July 2021|website=classics.sites.grinnell.edu|archive-date=21 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721192821/https://classics.sites.grinnell.edu/exhibits/show/columns-exhibit/comparative-sequences|url-status=live}}</ref>