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Photo Gallery
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- The NW side of the Obelisk’s base, showing Theodosius, his two sons, and western emperor Valentinian II receiving homage from barbarians.
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- The SW side: Theodosius, his sons, and Valentinian overlook the crowded stands
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- The SE side: Theodosius, flanked by his sons, offers a wreath to the victorious charioteer
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- The NE side: Theodosius and sons overlook the crowd, flanked by lines of court officials and guards
Bibliography
Sarah Bassett, “The Antiquities in the Hippodrome of Constantinople” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 45 (1991): 87-96
Jean-Claude Golvin & Fabricia Fauquet, “L’Hippodrome de Constantinople. Essai de restitution architecturale du dernier état du monument.” Antiquité Tardive 15 (2007): 181-214
W. Müller-Wiener, Bildlexikon zur Topographie Istanbuls (Tübingen, 1977), 64-71
L. Safran, “Points of View: the Theodosian Obelisk Base in Context” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 34 (1993) 409-435
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