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Arch of Galerius

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Ryan Horne Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).

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tags: Arch, extant remains

The extant remains of a triumphal arch, constructed from 298 to 299 CE and dedicated in 303 CE under the tetrarch Galerius. It commemorates the capture of Ctesiphon from the Sassanids and forms part of a monumental entrance to the palace of Galerius.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/361097849

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.6321995, 22.95180045

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Arch of Galerius (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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None

Arch of Galerius makes connections with:

Arch of Galerius located at Thessalonica (unspecified date range)

Arch of Galerius receives connections from:

None

Place type:
arch

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Coordinates taken on 17 July 2013 with a Sony DSC-HX200V GPS camera

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Ryan Horne, 'Arch of Galerius: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/361097849> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/361097849 |title=Places: 361097849 (Arch of Galerius) |author=Becker, J., R. Horne |accessdate=November 21, 2024 6:19 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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