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The Arch of Constantine in Rome as seen from the inside of the Colosseum.
The Arch of Constantine, in Italian 'Arco di Costantino', is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. Dedicated in 315, it is the latest of the existing triumphal arches in Rome, and the only one to make extensive use of spolia, re-using several major reliefs from 2nd century imperial monuments, which give a striking and famous stylistic contrast to the sculpture newly created for the arch.
The arch spans the Via Triumphalis, the way taken by the emperors when they entered the city in triumph. This route started at the Campus Martius, led through the Circus Maximus and around the Palatine Hill; immediately after the Arch of Constantine, the procession would turn left at the Meta Sudans and march along the Via Sacra to the Forum Romanum and on to the Capitoline Hill, passing both the Arches of Titus and Septimius Severus.
I walk past quite frequently but today the light was kind. He can look quite bland.
Constantine came to Britain with his father, the emperor Constantius, in 305. Constantius died in July the following year in York.
The system of succession at the time demanded that another Caesar should become emperor but the soldiers in York immediately proclaimed Constantine their leader. It proved to be a pivotal moment in history. He is known as Constantine the Great for very good reasons.
After nearly 80 years, and three generations of political fragmentation, Constantine united the whole of the Roman Empire under one ruler. By 324 he had extended his power and was sole emperor, restoring stability and security to the Roman world.
Constantine also abandoned Rome as the most important city in the empire, building a new capital modestly named Constantinople (now Istanbul). In the next two centuries, Rome and Italy became vulnerable to barbarian invasions. The much more easily defensible Constantinople lasted for another thousand years.
Finally, and perhaps most famously, Constantine’s strong support for Christianity had an incalculable impact on European history. He is said to have been converted to the faith in AD 312, although this has not been corroborated.
At the time only around ten per cent of the Roman empire’s population was Christian. The majority of the ruling elite worshipped the old gods of Rome. Constantine was the first emperor to allow Christians to worship freely, helping to unite and promote the faith. He went on to instigate the celebration of the birth of Christ we call Christmas.
In 314, a year after Constantine’s edict on religious tolerance, Eboracum had its first Bishop. Along with the Bishop’s of Londinium (London) and Lindum (Lincoln), he attended the Christian Council at Arles.
German postcard by Ufa/Film-Foto, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. 3964. Retail price: 25 Pfg. Photo: Sam Lévin / Ufa.
Craggy-faced Eddie Constantine (1917 - 1993) was an American actor and singer who spent his career as a tough guy in European films. He became famous for a series of French B movies in which he played private eye Lemmy Caution, based on the hero of the detective novels by Peter Cheyney.
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Photographer: c'est moi
Model: Grace Constantine
Couture: Grace Constantine
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Strobist Info: AB1600 into PLM64 over camera
Lamia is a Constantine by Cerisedolls.
Face up by me.
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This is a replica of the lighter used by Keanu Reeves as John Constantine in the Constantine movie.
While there was an official replica of sorts made, this one is accurate to scale with the screen used piece and is cast brass with gold plated Benedictine medallions. Not simply some engraved Zippo.
This piece was a "long" time coming, but worth the wait.
Executive Constantine was sworn in for his second term on Jan. 13, 2014. Photos by Ned Ahrens, King County DOT.
I don't like this kind of pictures but when I came across this pose I couldn't stop laughing and decided to screenshoot it. The lighting is nice though.
Executive Constantine was sworn in for his second term on Jan. 13, 2014. Photos by Ned Ahrens, King County DOT.
Photo: Felix Moulin (1802 - 1875). Juif et Juive de Constantine, Algeria - 1858. Art Limited - Tom Peek collection.
These are remains of a collosal statue of Constantine destroyed in an earthquake. This is at the Capolitine Museum not far from the Eternal City.
The Column of Constantine (or Burnt Column) (Turkish: Çemberlitas sütunu, from çemberli 'hooped' and tas 'stone') is a Roman monumental column constructed on the orders of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD. It commemorates the declaration of Byzantium (renamed by Constantine as Nova Roma) as the new capital city of the Roman Empire. The column is located on Yeniçeriler Caddesi in central Istanbul, along the old Divan Yolu (the 'Road to the Imperial Council') between Sultanahmet and Beyazit Square (known as Forum Tauri in the Roman period).
The column was dedicated on May 11, 330 AD, with a mix of Christian and pagan ceremonies.
In Constantine's day the column was at the center of the Forum of Constantine (today known as Çemberlitas Square), an oval forum situated outside the city walls in the vicinity of what may have been the west gate of Antoninia. On its erection, the column was 50 meters tall, constructed of nine cylindrical porphyry blocks surmounted by a statue of Constantine in the figure of Apollo. The orb he carried was said to contain a fragment of the True Cross. At the foot of the column was a sanctuary which contained relics claimed to be from the crosses of the two thieves who were crucified with Jesus Christ at Calvary, the baskets from the loaves and fishes miracle, an alabaster ointment jar belonging to Mary Magdalene and presumably used by her for the washing of the feet of Jesus, the palladium of ancient Rome a wooden statue of Pallas Athena from Troy.