MCID

Arch of Janus

Image View Description:

Exterior: View from NW

Date:

early 4th century CE

Location:

Rome (Italy)

Work Type:

architecture

Material / Technique:

marble, brick, concrete

Culture:

Ancient Roman

Creator:

Constantine, Emperor of Rome

Creator Variant Name:

Constantine the Great

Creator Nationality:

Ancient Roman

Creator Dates:

285-337 CE

Creator Role:

emperor

Creator 2:

Constantius II

Creator 2 Nationality:

Ancient Roman

Creator 2 Dates:

337-361 CE

Creator 2 Role:

emperor

Style / Period:

Imperial Roman

Style / Period 2:

Late Antique

Subject:

Triumphal arches

Subject 2:

Quadrifons

Measurements:

H.:16m; W.:12m

Photographer:

Gina Ciancone

Notes:

In the Forum Boarium, strides the great drain (Cloaca Maxima); not dedicated to Janus, but possibly an ‘arch of the deified Constantine’; only quadrifrons triumphal arch surviving in Rome

Image Source:

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

Record ID:

1213_rome2012_archofjanus_vr_005

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