Columna rostrata(Latin): Column decorated with carved prows of ships to celebrate a naval victory.Column figureCarved figure attached to a medieval column or shaft, usually flanking a doorway. Compare trumeau figure.
The Romans employed columns in various ways: the Trajan and the Antonine columns carried figures of the two emperors; the columna rostrata (260 B.C.) in the Forum was decorated with the beaks of ships and was a votive column, ...
 See also: Decorated, Shaft, Architecture, Capital, Doorway
  
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