Arch of Janus

Arch of Janus

Exterior: View from West

Date

early 4th century CE

Location
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
Image Date
12-Mar
Image Source

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

Photographer