Bridge over the Danube

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The Bridge over the Danube was a monumental Roman stone-arch bridge built under Emperor Trajan to carry his legions across the Danube River during the Dacian Wars.

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Bridge over the Danube canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman bridge ⓘ
ancient bridge ⓘ
military bridge ⓘ
stone arch bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Trajan's Bridge ⓘ
associatedWith Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Second Dacian War ⓘ
linked to: Dacian Wars
builder Roman Empire ⓘ
builtFor Dacian Wars ⓘ
Roman military campaigns in Dacia ⓘ
commissionedBy Emperor Trajan ⓘ
linked to: Trajan
connects Dacia ⓘ
Moesia ⓘ
constructionEnd 105 ⓘ
constructionStart 103 ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfConstruction Roman province of Moesia ⓘ
territory of Dacia ⓘ
crosses Danube River ⓘ
linked to: Danube
currentCondition ruins ⓘ
depictedOn Trajan's Column ⓘ
designedBy Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
hasEngineeringSignificance major achievement of Roman engineering ⓘ
hasHeightAboveWater up to 19 m ⓘ
hasNumberOfArches 20 ⓘ
hasRemains bridge piers ⓘ
foundations ⓘ
hasSpanType masonry arches on stone piers ⓘ
hasStructuralType arch bridge ⓘ
hasTotalLength 1135 m ⓘ
hasWidth 15 m ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
historicalPeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Romania ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
locatedNear Drobeta-Turnu Severin ⓘ
Kladovo ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
namedAfter Trajan ⓘ
purpose to carry Roman legions across the Danube ⓘ
to secure supply lines during the Dacian Wars ⓘ
riverCrossingFor Roman road network in Dacia ⓘ
strategicImportance facilitated Roman conquest of Dacia ⓘ
substructureMaterial stone piers ⓘ
superstructureMaterial wooden roadway ⓘ
wasDestroyed in antiquity ⓘ
wasDestroyedBy natural causes and human action ⓘ
wasOneOf longest arch bridges of antiquity ⓘ

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Apollodorus of Damascus → designed → Bridge over the Danube ⓘ