Literary record of equestrian statue of Justinian I, emperor. Constantinople, kathisma of the Hippodrome. 530-562
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Constantinople
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
Recorded in the hippodrome, at the imperial loge (kathisma)
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Statue, equestrian
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Justinian I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Eustathius
Position:
Prefects of Constantinople
DATE
Earliest:
530
Latest:
562
MAIN REFERENCE
Aubreton, R. & F. Buffière, Anthologie Grecque XIII : Anthologie de Planude, Paris 1980, no. 62
Cameron, A. & J. Herrin, Constantinople in the early eighth century. The "Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai". Introduction, translation and commentary, Leiden 1984, ยง 61
Stichel, R. H. W., Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike, Roma 1982, 104-5 no. 129