Constantinople, Hippodrome, First Obelisk, northwest part of the pedestal, inscription

Constantinople, Hippodrome, First Obelisk, northwest part of the pedestal, inscription

Description

Constantinople, Hippodrome, First Obelisk, northwest part of the pedestal, inscription

Details

KIONA TETPΑΠΛΕYPON AEI XΘONI KEIMENON ΑΧΘΟϹ
MOYNOC ANACTHCAI ΘΕΥΔΟϹΙΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ
ΤΟΛΜΗϹΑϹ ΠΡΟΚΛΟϹ ΕΠΕΚΕΚΛΕΤΟ KAI TOCOC ECTH
KIΩN ΗΕΛΙΟΙϹ EN TPIAKONTA ΔΥΟ

Only the emperor Theodosius dared to re-erect this four-sided column, which had been pressing heavily to the ground. Proculus was ordered to do this and this giant column was standing upright in thirty-two days.

Date

388 CE–392 CE

Inscriptionnr

CIG IV 8612 (Greek)

Creator

Marco Prins

Licence

CC0 1.0 Universal

Categories

Byzantium, Roman Empire

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