Res Gestae 16.10.17

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
4th century CE See all items with this value
Author
Ammianus Marcellinus See all items with this value
Reference
Res Gestae 16.10.17
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
multis igitur cum stupore visis horrendo imperator de fama querebatur ut invalida vel maligna, quod augens omnia semper in maius erga haec explicanda, quae Romae sunt, obsolescit, deliberans que diu, quid ageret, urbis addere statuit ornamentis, ut in proximo circo erigeret obeliscum, cuius originem formam que loco competenti monstrabo.
Part of Speech
Noun See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Location: City See all items with this value
Architecture: Building: Civic Building: Circus See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Rome
the Circus Maximus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Monument See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
An obelisk placed in the Circus
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Constantius
Item Identifier
A02469
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
Ammianus Marcellinus
4th century CE
Architecture (Ornamented)
City
Civic Building
Building
Circus
Location
Architecture (Ornamenting)
Monument