It covers the years after the war, including the beginnings of the Romanization and Romanian ethnogenesis, the construction of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, resistance of the Free Dacians, and first barbarian invasions.

Trajan takes command of the city and orders one of his officers, Tiberius, to pursue the defeated king.

In a cave, Decebalus broods on his defeat, and tells his devoted supporter Gerula that the Dacian people must continue to resist.

To Gerula's horror, Tiberius chops off Decebalus' head and right hand as trophies to take back to Trajan.

At Sarmizegetusa, Trajan orders Tiberius to remain in Dacia and preside over the Romanisation of the territory, building fortifications, victory monuments, and Roman settlements.

One of the Roman centurions, Sabinus, falls in love with a local woman, a devotee of the Dacian god Zalmoxis.

Andrada, an aristocratic Dacian woman who has killed a Roman soldier, is brought back to the camp.

Tiberius tells Ciungu that he intends to build a town, and use Roman technology to improve the lives of the Dacian people.

He arranges a meeting with Gerula and tells him that if the Romans and the Dacians continue to attack each other, they will only weaken the country, making it ripe for invasion by the barbarians to the north.

Just as Tiberius predicted, the chief of the northern barbarians plans to use the disorder in Dacia to expand into its territory.

As Tiberius approaches the body of Decebalus' grandson, Gerula imagines he intends to decapitate him, as he did his grandfather.

[2] The Column was seen by 10,508,376 viewers in cinemas in Romania, as confirmed by a record of the number of spectators from the film's Romanian premiere date until 31.12.2007 compiled by the National Center of Cinematography.