11-05-2012, 02:05 AM
Quote:MALBORGHETTO!!!
Yes! Well done Jona. :-)
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...
Anyway - over to you, Jona!
Nathan Ross