Publication details
'La Colonna di Arcadio a Costantinopoli. Profilo storico di un monumento attraverso le fonti documentarie dalle origini all’eta moderna'
| Title in English | 'The Column of Arcadius at Constantinople: A historical overview of the monument throughout the Byzantine and Early Modern textual sources' |
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Peer-reviewed scientific article |
| Magazine / Source | Nea Rhome |
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| web | http://nea-rhome.uniroma2.it/en/ |
| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | Early Byzantine; Constantinople; emperor Arcadius; honorary columns; topography; architecture |
| Description | The article aims to provide the reader with an in-depth analysis of the literary sources relevant for the history of the honorary column raised in honour of emperor Arcadius (39-408) at Constantinople. Greek, Armenian and Western sources are discussed in order to clarify some pivotal points in the history of the monument up to its partial destruction in the early 18th century. |