Arch of Janus

Exterior: View from SW

Creator

Constantine the Great
Ancient Roman
emperor
285-337 CE
Ancient Roman
emperor
337-361 CE
Date

early 4th century CE

Location

Geographic Coordinates
41.889475, 12.482749
Measurements
H.:16m; W.:12m

Material/Technique

Work Type

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

Culture

Subject

Triumphal arches
Quadrifons
Photographer
Image Source

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

Image Date
12-Mar