… this bronze likeness dates back to the early Twentieth Century and was erected in 1980. Old Trajan himself is not known to have ever visited his province of Britannia, much less the prosperous city of Londinium.
But he might as well, since we know next to nothing about his life. Although it has been reported he wrote an autobiography, much like Augustus and Claudius, his work if it ever existed has been lost since the Middle Ages.
Vexillationes from the legions based in Britannia as well as British based Batavian auxiliary cohorts took part in his campaigns in Dacia and Parthia, so he may have come to raise them himself, who knows…
As for the London Wall in the background, only the base stone and brick work dates back to Roman times. It was erected in the late Second Century CE, long after Trajan was gone. In his times, city walls were not deemed necessary.
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