Arch of Janus

Exterior: View from South

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
Image Date
12-Mar
Image Source

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

Photographer