Golden Gate, base for colossal statue on elephant quadriga of Theodosius II, or possibly Theodosius I, emperor. Constantinople. 388-425
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Constantinople
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
Constantinople, Golden Gate (now 'Yedikule')
Current Location:
Istanbul, in situ
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Gate/Arch
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Verse
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Theodosius I or Theodosius II
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Not stated
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
388
Latest :
425
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , III, 735
Meyer-Plath, B. & A. M. Schneider, Die Landmauer von Konstantinopel. Zweiter Teil. Aufnahme, Beschreibung und Geschichte, Berlin 1943, pp. 39-64 pl. 27-30
Stichel, R. H. W., Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike, Roma 1982, p. 97-8 no. 97
INSCRIPTION
Text:
(On the inner, city side): Haec loca Theudosius decorat post fata tyranni
(On the outer side): Aurea saecla gerit qui portam construit auro
Trans:
Theodosius decorates this place after the death of the tyrant.
He rules a golden age, who built the gate with gold.
