Colossus of Constantine
The Colossus of Constantine (Italian: Statua Colossale di Costantino I) was a many times life-size acrolithic early-4th-century statue depicting the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (c. 280–337), commissioned by himself, which originally occupied the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius on the Via Sacra, near the Forum Romanum in Rome. Surviving portions of the Colossus now reside in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, now part of the Capitoline Museums, on the Capitoline Hill, above the west end of the Forum.
| Colossus of Constantine | |
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The Colossus head | |
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| Year | c. 312–315 AD |
| Type | White marble, brick, wood, gilded bronze |
| Location | Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy |
| 41°53′30″N 12°29′18″E | |
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