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==List of Roman victory columns==
Of the columns listed above, the following are the Roman columns. [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[triumphal column]]s were either [[monolith]]ic [[Column|pillar]]s or composed of column drums; in the later case, these were often hollowed out to accommodate an [[List of ancient spiral stairs|ancient spiral staircase]] leading up to the platform on top.

The earliest triumphal column was [[Trajan's Column]] which, dedicated in 113 AD, defined its architectural form and established its symbolic value as a political monument alongside the older [[Roman triumphal arch]]es, providing a lingering model for its successors to this day. The imperial capitals of [[Rome]] and [[Constantinople]] house the most ancient triumphal columns.

All dimensions are given here in [[Meter|metres]], though it was the [[Ancient Roman units of measurement|Roman foot]] by which ancient architects determined the harmonious proportions of the columns, and which is thus crucial for understanding their design.{{sfn|Jones|1993|pp=23–38}} The list is sorted by date of erection.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! class="unsortable" | Image
! Date
! Monument
! City
! Location
! Height above ground
! Comment
|-
| [[File:Colonnatraiana.jpg|150px|Trajan's Column in Trajan's Forum]]
| AD 113
| [[Trajan's Column]]
| [[Rome]]
| [[Trajan's Forum]]
| 35.07 m{{sfn|Jones|2000|p=220}}
| Archetype of victory column
|-
| [[File:Musei vaticani - base colonna antonina 01106.JPG|150px|The extant base of the Column of Antoninus Pius]]
| AD 161
| [[Column of Antoninus Pius]]
| [[Rome]]
| [[Campus Martius]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[File:Kolumna Aureliusza.jpg|150px|The Column of Marcus Aurelius in Piazza Colonna]]
| Before AD 193
| [[Column of Marcus Aurelius]]
| [[Rome]]
| [[Piazza Colonna]]
| 39.72 m{{sfn|Jones|2000|p=220}}
| Directly modelled on Trajan's Column
|-
| [[File:GothsColumn1.JPG|150px|The Column of the Goths in Gülhane Park]]
| Between AD 268 and 337
| [[Column of the Goths]]
| [[Istanbul]]
| [[Gülhane Park]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[File:Alexandria - Pompey's Pillar - standing alone.JPG|150px|Pompey's Pillar]]
| AD 297
| [[Pompey's Pillar (column)|Pompey's Pillar]]
| [[Alexandria]]
| 
| 26.85 m{{sfn|Adam|1977|pp=50f|loc=refers to base, column shaft plus capital}}
| 
|-
| [[File:Gurlitt Constantine column.jpg|100px|Column of Constantine in 1912]]
| AD 330
| [[Column of Constantine]]
| [[Istanbul]]
| [[Forum of Theodosius]]
| 
| 
|-
| 
| 
| [[Column of Theodosius]]
| [[Istanbul]]
| [[Forum of Theodosius]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[File:Gurlitt Arcadius Column.jpg|100px|Column of Arcadius in the Forum of Arcadius]]
| AD 421
| [[Column of Arcadius]]
| [[Istanbul]]
| [[Forum of Arcadius]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[File:ColumnOfMarcianInIstanbulApril2007.jpg|150px|The Column of Marcian in 2007]]
| AD 455
| [[Column of Marcian]]
| [[Istanbul]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[File:Gurlitt Justinian column.jpg|150px|Reconstruction of the column, after Cornelius Gurlitt, 1912. The depiction of a helical narrative frieze around the column, after the fashion of Trajan's Column, is erroneous.]]
| AD 543
| [[Column of Justinian]]
| [[Istanbul]]
| Square of the [[Augustaeum]]
| 
| Destroyed by earthquake in the 16th century
|-
| [[File:RomaForoRomanoColonnaFoca.JPG|150px|Column of Phocas in the Foro Romano]]
| AD 608
| [[Column of Phocas]]
| [[Rome]]
| [[Roman Forum]]
| 
| Last addition to the ''Forum Romanum''
|}