Having dismantled the Dacian kingdom, Trajan creates a new province out of its territory and encourages colonists from across the empire to make the land their own.

Here is what the Carpathian region looked like in 109 CE following Trajan’s expansion of the empire and the founding of the first Roman city north of the Danube, Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica:

​Here’s a selection of scenes from Trajan’s Column:

Fighting in the forests (photograph by Conrad Cichorius on Wikipedia)

Crossing the Danube over Apollodorus’ bridge (photograph by Conrad Cichorius on Wikipedia)

Decebal’s suicide ​(photograph by Conrad Cichorius on Wikipedia)

You can check out National Geographic’s interactive display of the Column to see all the scenes.