![]() ![]() Above the archways is placed the attic, composed of brickwork reveted (faced) with marble. It has three archways, the central one being 11.5 m high and 6.5 m wide and the lateral archways 7.4 m by 3.4 m each. The arch is 21 m high, 25.9 m wide and 7.4 m deep. This earned it the derisive nickname of Cornacchia di Esopo Aesop's Crow. The last of the existing triumphal arches in Rome, it is also the only one to make extensive use of spolia, reusing several major reliefs from 2nd century imperial monuments, which give a striking and famous stylistic contrast to the sculpture newly created for the arch. Though dedicated to Constantine, much of the decorative material incorporated earlier work from the time of the emperors Trajan (98–117), Hadrian (117–138) and Marcus Aurelius (161–180), and is thus a collage. The arch spans the Via triumphalis, the way taken by the emperors when they entered the city in triumph. ![]() Dedicated in 315, it is the largest Roman triumphal arch. It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312. ) is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. The Arch of Constantine (Italian language: Arco di Costantino Round reliefs and frieze over right (east) arch, from south Relief panels, round reliefs and frieze over left (west) arch, from south The Arch of Constantine, Rome - painted by Herman van Swanevelt, 17th century ![]()
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