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Pax Romana Art
The Tetrarchs
The Tetrarchy · AD 293–305
741 kr876 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.
Details & specs
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: 12x18″ · 16x24″ · 24x36″
- Orientation: Vertical
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Crisis & Late Empire
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Made to order and printed and framed in the USA. Produced in 1–2 business days, delivered 2–5 business days after that — 3–7 business days door to door. Free US shipping, tracked.
Damaged, defective or the wrong item? Email a photo within 7 days of delivery and we send a free replacement or a full refund. Because every piece is made to order, change-of-mind returns are not accepted.
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The TetrarchsFramed canvas · Black · 12x18″
741 kr
876 krSave 135 kr
The Tetrarchy · AD 293–305
Four Rulers, One Empire
By the time Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus took power in AD 284, the Roman Empire had endured some fifty years of civil wars, invasions and short-lived emperors. Diocletian's answer was to share power. In 286 he made his fellow officer Maximian co-emperor, with the title Augustus, to rule the West. In 293 each Augustus took a junior emperor, a Caesar: Galerius in the East and Constantius in the West. Each of the four kept his own court and army.
The system rested on loyalty and on image. Coins and statues showed the four rulers as alike as brothers, their individual features absorbed into a single imperial office. In 305 Diocletian and Maximian abdicated together, an event without precedent. The arrangement did not long survive its founder's retirement; within a few years the empire was divided by civil war again, and Constantius' son Constantine eventually emerged as sole ruler.
The best-known image of the Tetrarchs is a group of four embracing figures carved in purple porphyry around 300. It probably stood in Constantinople and was carried to Venice after the city was sacked in 1204. A missing foot was later found in Istanbul.
The piece
The painting brings that statue to life. Two pairs stand on a marble floor inlaid with red discs, their purple cloaks echoing the walls. Light falls from high windows on the left across the near pair and leaves the apse and the throne behind them in shadow.
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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