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The '''Column of Marcian''' (Turkish: ''Kıztaşı'', meaning "Column of the girl") is a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] honorific column erected in [[Constantinople]] in 455 CE dedicated to the Emperor Marcian. It is made of red-grey Egyptian granite | The '''Column of Marcian''' (Turkish: ''Kıztaşı'', meaning "Column of the girl") is a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] honorific column erected in [[Constantinople]] in 455 CE and dedicated to the Emperor Marcian. It is made of red-grey Egyptian granite in two pieces. The basis is quadrilateral, formed by four slabs in white marble, decorated with Chi-Rhos inside medallions on three faces, and two genii (who account for the Turkish name of the column) holding a globe. The column is topped by a Corinthian capital decorated with aquilas. This is likely a base made to support a statue of Marcian, in imitation of the Column of Trajan and the Column of Marcus Aurelius in [[Rome]], both of which were topped by statues of the emperor they commemorated. | ||
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The Column of Marcian (Turkish: Kıztaşı, meaning "Column of the girl") is a Roman honorific column erected in Constantinople in 455 CE and dedicated to the Emperor Marcian. It is made of red-grey Egyptian granite in two pieces. The basis is quadrilateral, formed by four slabs in white marble, decorated with Chi-Rhos inside medallions on three faces, and two genii (who account for the Turkish name of the column) holding a globe. The column is topped by a Corinthian capital decorated with aquilas. This is likely a base made to support a statue of Marcian, in imitation of the Column of Trajan and the Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome, both of which were topped by statues of the emperor they commemorated.
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