Arch of Galerius

monument · 300 AD – 640 AD

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.

Coordinates

40.63220, 22.95180

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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