Arch of Constantine - Rome, Italy
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This 1959 Italian stamp was issued with four others in a series to celebrate the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Waymark Code: WMK2VB
Location: Lazio, Italy
Date Posted: 02/04/2014
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The stamp features the Olympic rings and a photograph of the Arch of Constantine which was built in 315 by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge. The Arch served as the finish line for the 1960 Marathon.
Wikipedia (
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"The Arch of Constantine (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.[1] 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."