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Pax Romana Art
The Founding of Constantinople
Byzantium · AD 324
1.059 kr1.419 kr
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- Printed in the USA. Printed, stretched, and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Canvas, framed or not. Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars, or set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm gap around it.
- Hanging hardware included. Framed canvas arrives assembled, with the hanger attached.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
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Framed canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas
- 42 mm (1.65″) deep
- Arrives assembled and ready to hang: hanger attached, screws or nails included
Canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars
- Hanging hardware included
- Sizes: 16x12″ · 24x18″ · 32x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Crisis & Late Empire
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The Founding of ConstantinopleFramed canvas · Black · 24x18″
1.059 kr
1.419 krSave 360 kr
Byzantium · AD 324
Marking Out a New Rome
In AD 324 Constantine defeated his co-emperor Licinius at Adrianople and Chrysopolis and became sole ruler of the Roman world. He chose the old Greek city of Byzantium, on the European shore of the Bosporus, for a new imperial city. The site commanded the sea route between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean and the land road between Europe and Asia, and it lay closer than Rome to the frontiers on the Danube and in the east.
Constantine greatly enlarged the city, with a new land wall far to the west of the old one, a forum, palaces and churches, and he expanded the Hippodrome. He dedicated Constantinople on 11 May AD 330. The church historian Philostorgius tells how the emperor marked out the new boundary on foot, spear in hand. When his companions felt he had gone far enough, he is said to have replied that he would go on until the one walking ahead of him stopped, meaning a guide only he could see. The story is legend, but it captures how Constantinople was seen: a city founded under divine guidance, a new Rome.
The piece
The painting follows Constantine along the line. He strides forward in a jeweled diadem and a purple cloak over gilded robes, eyes on the distance, the spear point cutting the soil. Behind him a man carries a groma, the Roman surveyor's sighting instrument, and clergy and officials follow. Below, the city on its peninsula shines in the light, and ships cross the strait under white sails.
Materia · The materials
Canvas, framed or not.
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Wooden stretcher bars
The canvas is stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars.
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Floating frame
Black, natural wood or dark brown, with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas. 42 mm (1.65″) deep.
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Ready for the wall
Framed canvas arrives assembled, hanger attached, screws or nails included. Canvas comes with its hanging hardware.
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