Honorific arch to Constantine, emperor; dedicated by the Senate and People of Rome. Rome. 315-316
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Arch of Constantine
Current Location:
Arch of Constantine
OBJECT
Object:
Other
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Gate/Arch
Height(cm):
2100
Width(cm):
2570
Depth(cm):
740
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Constantine I, emperor
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Senate and People of Rome
Position:
Senate and People of Rome
DATE
Earliest:
315
Latest :
316
MAIN REFERENCE
Giuliano, A., Arco di Costantino, Milan 1955,
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , VI, 1139 (+ p. 4328)
De Maria, S., Gli archi onorari di Roma e dell'Italia romana, Rome 1988, pp. 316-319 n. 98
Capodiferro, A., "Arcus Constantini", in E. M. Steinby (ed), Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae, vol. 1, Rome 1993, 86-91
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Fl(avio) Constantino, maximo, / p(io), f(elici), Augusto. S(enatus) p(opulus)q(ue) R(omanus), / quod instinctu divinitatis mentis / magnitudine cum exercitu suo /(5) tam de tyranno quam de omni eius / factione uno tempore iustis / rem publicam ultus est armis, / arcum triumphis insignem dicavit.
Trans:
To the emperor Caesar Flavius Constantinus, the greatest, pious, fortunate, Augustus. The Senate and People of Rome dedicated [this] arch decorated with triumphs, because with divine inspiration and the greatness of his disposition, with his armies and the just force of arms, the commonwealth (res publica) was avenged of the tyrant and [his] entire faction.
