Well done, Nathan! You'd got it before I even saw the photo! :woot:
Quote:- if the location's right, it could be inscription AE 1967, 00495
Just on a point of information, it certainly seems to be part of AE 1967, 495 ...
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... although (according to AE 1999,1611) that fragment is supposedly now lost.
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Very confusing!
Quote:Where is it, and what (supposedly) did it use to be?
It looks like a Roman principia, with the gates of the basilica bricked up. I don't think I've ever seen such a thing. We're probably going to need a clue. :dizzy:
Only the central part of the structure is Roman, and it's been much altered. The two-storey wing on the left has been demolished since the photo was taken.
But it's in Italy, close to the site of a very famous battle...
That must refer to the VIa Flaminia and the battle of the Milvian Bridge, 1700 years ago when you posted that. Still, no clue about that building... :-?
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This is indeed the remains of the Arch of Malborghetto, a quadrifrons arch on the Via Flaminia, at the thirteenth milestone north of Rome, dating from the early 4th century. In the middle ages it was converted into a church and later a fortified farmhouse. Nowadays it houses a small museum and a park with Roman finds from the vicinity.
The arch possibly commemorated the site of Constantine's last encampment before the battle of Milvian Bridge. Later Church history suggested that this was the place where he saw his vision/had his dream (depending on the version you favour) instructing him to adopt the chi-rho emblem.
Others have suggested, more prosaically, that the arch marked the boundary of the jurisdiction of the urban magistrates under the tetrarchy...
I now remember, I used to be often in that part of Rome; there's a camping site at Due Ponti. My girlfriend and I once walked from Malborghetto to the Milvian Bridge and beyond, and I told her everything I knew about the Roman emperors. Those were the days.
The new question will not be too difficult.
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Quote: ... but I've never even heard of Malborghetto. :dizzy: Well done, Jona.
Makes me feel better then... :wink:
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