Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine

Title

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine

Date

306-312

Identifier

5735

Alternative Title or Name

Basilica Nova

Creator2

Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)

Work Type

Single Built Works

Work Location

Italy (nation)
Rome (inhabited place)

Style/Period

Imperial (Roman)

Subject

basilicas
groined vaults

Description

View of the three bays with groin vaults of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine the largest building in the Roman Forum. "This huge basilica, near the Arch of Titus was begun by Maxentius and completed by Constantine. This administrative building was 300 feet long and 215 feet wide with barrel-vaulted side aisles with coffered ceilings. These vaults acted as buttresses for the central nave, 114 feet high, covered with groin vaults. The interior was well-lit with clerestory areas over the side walls. The whole was constructed of brick-faced concrete. Constantine commissioned a 30 foot portrait of himself to be placed in the original apse,"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.

Material/Medium

concrete

Measurements

300 feet long, 215 feet

Reproduction Type

jpeg

ID Number

GPB-ROM2-1481

Files

GPB-ROM2-1481.jpg
Date Added
August 29, 2013
Collection
LTU Digital Images
Item Type
VRA Core
Tags
Citation
“Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/12210.