Literary record of statue of Diocletian, emperor. Constantinople, kathisma of Hippodrome. 284-305
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Unknown
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
In the kathisma of the Hippodrome, said to be from Nicomedia
Current Location:
lost
OBJECT
Object:
Statue
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Yes
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Diocletian, according to our source (The Patria)
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Not recorded
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
284
Latest:
305
MAIN REFERENCE
Preger, Th. , Scriptores Originum Constantinopolitanarum Vol. I: Hesychii illustrii origines Constantinopolitanae. Anonymi enarrationes breves chronographicae. Anonymi narratio de aedificatione templi S. Sophiae (= Hesychius; Parastaseis; Diegesis; Patria Constantinupoleos) (1901), 1901, Patria II, 73