CONSTANTINOPLEa Roman city from 330AD-1453AD

Nova Roma, Deutéra Rhōmē, Alma Roma, Roma Constantinopolitana

Rome Constantinople

Baths

Baths of Caracalla Baths of Zeuxippus

Bath Statuary

Farnese Hercules from CaracallaLiterary, Historical, and Mythological

Figures from Zeuxippus

• Homer, Hesoid, Plato, Aristotle, Julius Caesar, Demosthenes, Virgil

• Roman Pantheon

Fora/Columns

Trajan’s Forum Forum of Constantine

Hippodromes

Hippodrome of Constantinople Circus Maximus

Obelisks

Obelisk of Theodosius Flaminio and Montecitorio Obelisks

Conclusions• Constantinople as a conscious imitation of Rome

• What were the forms and strategies of this imitation?• Representations of Roman culture• Monumental propaganda• Populist building projects

Bibliography

• Socrates Scholasticus (of Constantinople), Historia Ecclisiastica (Church History).• Vitruvius, The Ten Books on Architecture.• Bury, J.B. History of the Later Roman Empire. Particularly chapter 3, “Constantinople” on the

building and layout of Constantinople.• Georgacas, Demetrius John. “The Names of Constantinople,” Transactions and Proceedings of the

American Philological Association, vol. 78 (1947).• All images license under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.