Ancient monuments, such as classical columns, are often destroyed by strong earthquakes. These structures are of great archaeological significance and are typically located in high seismicity areas in the Eastern Mediterranean. The seismic behaviour of these structures, which includes rocking and sliding phenomena, becomes more complex as the number of drums increases. By investigating the dynamic behaviour of such structures, combined with the research fields of paleoseismology and archaeoseismology, we can sometimes obtain information about past strong earthquakes that have struck the respective regions. The authors of this research work have investigated the seismic behaviour of single multi-drum columns using the Discrete Element Method (DEM). They have performed back-analysis with multi-drum columns to estimate information about past earthquakes that struck the region during the lifetime of these structures. The authors have also conducted several parametric studies to examine whether any characteristics of an unknown ground motion can be obtained based on the collapse state of a multi-drum column. Results indicate that ancient multi-drum columns could indeed reveal some information about the PGA of past earthquakes that had struck the respective region. The dominant frequencies of the earthquakes radically affect the acceleration needed to overturn the columns. The estimation of the acceleration needed to overturn a multi-drum column can be assessed in cases where the dominant frequency of the earthquake is low, and the mode of failure is governed by rocking motion of the column as a single body.