Arch of Janus

Image View Description

Exterior: View from SW

Date

early 4th century CE

Creator
Constantine, Emperor of Rome (Ancient Roman emperor, 285-337 CE)
Material/Technique
  • marble
  • brick
  • concrete
Work Type
architecture
Style/Period
Imperial Roman
Style/Period 2
Late Antique
Culture
Ancient Roman
Subject
Triumphal arches
Location
Rome (Italy)
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

Photographer
Gina Ciancone
Record ID
1213_rome2012_archofjanus_vr_001