The Colossus of Constantine the Great | The biggest statue in ancient Rome

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In this video we will discover the history of the Colossus of Constantine, one of the most important works of antiquity, probably the biggest statue in Rome from the late-ancient period depicting the famous emperor who granted freedom of worship to Christians. 13 meters tall, the Colossus was recreated starting from the original marble pieces of the 4th century AD through innovative reconstruction techniques.

Together we will retrace the various stages that led to its reconstruction with the help of technology and careful philological and archaeological analysis of each individual fragment up to the most recent hypotheses about the reuse of a previous statue reworked to represent the emperor.

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📚 SOURCE:
Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli and Mario Torelli, The Art of Classical Antiquity, Etruria-Roma, Utet, Turin 1976.

Claudio Parisi Presicce, Constantine as Jupiter Proposal for a graphic reconstruction of the acrolithic colossus from the Constantinian Basilica, in Bulletin of the Municipal Archaeological Commission of Rome, vol. 107, Rome, L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2006, pp. 127-161.

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I saw this in Rome back in the spring! It was so impressive.

laurachapple
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Great video, but the music in the background is kinda repetitive...

kissawookie
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the staff should have been a labarum. this was always in the constantinian iconography. so they missed a very important detail

jperez