Column base with two naked prisoners

The two captured Teutons, shown in the relief in the context of a building in the legionary camp on the Kästrich, are naked. Brutally shackled with a joint chain around their necks and their hands tied behind their backs, they stand in a mirror-image contrapposto with their backs to each other. They are shown uncovered, with only a small cloak over their shoulders and their thick muscles, six-packs, and genitals clearly emphasised.

The emergence of representative architecture, where reliefs were prominently displayed on column pedestals, can be traced back to the final third of the first century.