Flavius Julius Constantius, better known as Constantius II, was appointed by his father Constantine the Great, as emperor subordinate to an augustus. In 337 AD, he assumed power in the eastern part of the Empire, threatened by the Sassanids and internal divisions. Like his father, he played a fund...

The Obelisk still stands today, with its grandeur and 32 metres of height, in front of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, built by Pope Sixtus V. Its history has distant origins in the 15th century BC, when the Egyptian sovereign Thutmose III had it built to be erected in the Amun-Re Temple in ...

The Obelisk still stands today, with its grandeur and 32 metres of height, in front of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, built by Pope Sixtus V. Its history has distant origins in the 15th century BC, when the Egyptian sovereign Thutmose III had it built to be erected in the Amun-Re Temple in ...

A biapsidal hall indicates a room that is generally rectangular in shape, used as a passage, waiting area or hallway. The hall is biapsidal because its two short sides end in an apse. In this case, the apse is covered by a segmental hemisphere that connects with the vault covering the hall....

The Obelisk of Augustus was one of the obelisks in the centre of the Circus Maximus, that Augustus, Roman emperor, brought to the city in 10 BC following the conquest of the Egyptian region by the Romans twenty years earlier. The monument, from the Egyptian city of Heliopolis, not far from Cairo, d...

The Obelisk of Augustus was one of the obelisks in the centre of the Circus Maximus, that Augustus, Roman emperor, brought to the city in 10 BC following the conquest of the Egyptian region by the Romans twenty years earlier. The monument, from the Egyptian city of Heliopolis, not far from Cairo, d...

The Circus Maximus is the oldest and largest of the buildings designed by the Romans, used mainly for chariot races. Over the course of the imperial age, similar structures became increasingly important in the life of the Roman citizen. According to a legend, Romulus was behind the idea of having t...

The Circus Maximus is the oldest and largest of the buildings designed by the Romans, used mainly for chariot races. Over the course of the imperial age, similar structures became increasingly important in the life of the Roman citizen. According to a legend, Romulus was behind the idea of having t...

The racing field of the Circus Maximus was divided lengthwise by the spina, a narrow basement embellished over time with statues, fountains, columns and obelisks, which ended in two semicircular elements, the metae, to indicate the points where the chariots had to turn during the seven laps of the r...

The racing field of the Circus Maximus was divided lengthwise by the spina, a narrow basement embellished over time with statues, fountains, columns and obelisks, which ended in two semicircular elements, the metae, to indicate the points where the chariots had to turn during the seven laps of the...