Reconstructed Colossal Constantine statue!

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  • @CHAS1422
    @CHAS1422 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    I love the reconstruction, but I believe it is missing something critical. At the time Constantine took over Rome and completed the Basilica, he was still identifying with Sol Invictus. In all coin portraits of Sol Invictus on the reverse of Constantine's minted coins, the Sol Invictus carries a orb of the sun in his left hand, (as correctly portrayed) but also has a crown of sun rays. You can even see the notching in the cheeks to carry something bronze on the head. Put the crown with solar rays and it will be complete.

    • @DavidMcFarner
      @DavidMcFarner ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Fascinating! Thanks for that tidbit!💕

    • @ms.donaldson2533
      @ms.donaldson2533 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Sun was removed by the Son for greater control and expanding the empire.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Quite possible!!

    • @daveweiss5647
      @daveweiss5647 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I agree, he likely woukd have had something on his head. Excellent observation.

    • @midshipman8654
      @midshipman8654 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      well, the topic is interesting due to Constantines shifting self image throughout his reign. With a more distinctly Sol symbolism earlier on, transitioning to a more open ended monadic one, and then more explicitly christian connotations later.
      This statue I’m not specifically knowledgeable about, but the specific details of it may have been modified over time in accordance with his shifting imperial public image. But thats a shot in the dark on my part. I know other emperors did similar things statues and other works like the colossus of Nero being changed into one of Sol.

  • @andyroo9381
    @andyroo9381 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Once again, I am left mesmerized by Ancient Rome. Thank you, Darius!

    • @pigdroppings
      @pigdroppings 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Will Darius buy the statue and put it in his bedroom?????

  • @TheSanityInspector
    @TheSanityInspector ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Remarkable! But I suspect that in antiquity it looked even more impressive, thanks to its lighting. We're seeing this impressive replica in a modern exhibition space, evenly illuminated with electric lights. But in its original alcove, how did it look? If it was illuminated by natural sunlight coming from overhead windows, and maybe racks of votive candles, the dramatic shadows would have made it seem very looming and overpowering indeed!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes there are some realistic VR renderings... But I'm more in awe of the rebuilt model (despite its modern setting!)

  • @johnfisher247
    @johnfisher247 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Absolutely fantastic and Constantine truely deserves to have this reconstructed and remembered!

  • @MarkusFlorence
    @MarkusFlorence ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Finally the Colossus that I've ever wanted to see! This is a great presentation of yours!!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @Aristocles22
    @Aristocles22 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Took them long enough to remake it. Still, even in such an... industrial setting... it's still damn impressive. Why we're not building more things like this in the West these days is beyond me. Art most people actually like and can appreciate, not triangles and ink blobs scattered across a canvas.

    • @marcobelli6856
      @marcobelli6856 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There is some revival happening but not enough

    • @erlinacobrado7947
      @erlinacobrado7947 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were literally an empire. If we built an equivalent of this with the president, we'd be as laughable as African dictators. Artworks like this did not even exist in ancient Greece, because democracies hate these ego trips. The Lincoln memorial is an exception for an exceptional man.

    • @Aristocles22
      @Aristocles22 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@erlinacobrado7947 We have plenty of exceptional figures which could use a statue. And don't forget allegorical statues, like the Statue of Liberty. Or for one actually made in the US, the Statue of Freedom on top of the US Capitol.

    • @erlinacobrado7947
      @erlinacobrado7947 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Aristocles22Well Liberty was an abstract idea. Good luck getting bipartisan support with getting historical figures, as nice I would like it, woke leftists would obviously hate it, but extreme Evangelicals and a lot of ultraconservative Protestants would find this idolatrous too, even if Franklin or Roosevelt were depicted. Only Catholics would be comfortable would this - and even this size would raise eyebrows. Northern Europeans - from where most Americans came - never really had this culture of building large statues of rulers. This is really a Western Asian and late Roman empire thing. And can you imagine a US president in Italian marble with gold... Nowadays?

    • @Aristocles22
      @Aristocles22 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@erlinacobrado7947 I can see a bronze statue just fine. He have a history of large statues here. Statue of Liberty, Our Lady of the Rockies, Mount Rushmore, even Stone Mountain counts, even though it's a bas-relief. Largest bas-relief in the history of the world. Oh, and Nashville rebuilt the statue of Athena Parthenos with gold. Full-size too.

  • @eaquitaine10
    @eaquitaine10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow! Love this reconstruction! Incredible!

  • @j.suis9668
    @j.suis9668 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love these types of statues~ man the Egyptians, Greeks and ROMANS knew how to make the best kinds… so colossal, so simple yet grandeur, smoothed down to perfection after being chiseled at for DAYS ✨🏆✨ This is art! Amazing ✨🫶🏻

  • @daveweiss5647
    @daveweiss5647 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Excellent work by the people who did this, it is great to be able to see even such a small glimmer of the greatness out ancestors once achieved in the ancient world!

  • @Constantine-316
    @Constantine-316 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    We should start to build more statues like this again

    • @jerk5959
      @jerk5959 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      That would be too Euro-centric for modern day Eurabia.

    • @africanlipplateandbonenose3223
      @africanlipplateandbonenose3223 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no.. they shouldnt. If the west did this it would just be giant statues of blacks lmao we have fallen to international jewry.

    • @CrackCatWantsPat
      @CrackCatWantsPat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I want to bleach my eyes

  • @floydiandreamscapes5145
    @floydiandreamscapes5145 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'm very glad to have found your channel. I love ancient history. Getting to see ancient buildings from the Roman Empire is a real treat.
    Thank you.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My pleasure! Thanks for joining!

  • @DutchDi
    @DutchDi ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The architect responsible for Fondazione Prada in Milan is Dutchman Rem Koolhaas, and of course his team at OMA.

    • @daveweiss5647
      @daveweiss5647 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are referring to thay abomination of a building that the beautiful ancient sculptures are housed in? It's an embarrassment to see what our ancestors were capable of compared to the soulless dreck we create.

  • @rodolfodaros4947
    @rodolfodaros4947 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ciao Darius! Ti scrivo in italiano, oggi, perché sono felice che l'algoritmo mi abbia segnalato che esiste un tuo canale. Ho seguito con attenzione e avidità "Under Italy", e seguo le repliche con eguale interesse: bei tempi. Buone esplorazioni! Mi sono ovviamente iscritto e guarderò i video precedenti. Thank you for all the things you will tell us!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Grazie mille. Under Italy e' stato divertente. Magari faro' qualche indagine sotto suolo anche qui su questo canale. Più' tardi magari anche episodi in italiano!

  • @EugenKrieger-k5k
    @EugenKrieger-k5k 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dear Darius, your insights are inspiring! Thanks for your great work!

  • @33Donner77
    @33Donner77 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I just watched your previous video on the Constantine statue pieces, so I'm glad I watched this to see the full reconstruction. Amazing !

  • @ladyflimflam
    @ladyflimflam ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember coming on those original pieces as a 16 year old in 1987. They were awe-inspiring, as intended. Equally breathtaking in that trip was walking up the steps in the Louvre under the Nike.

  • @brentsrx7
    @brentsrx7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    People who appreciate history. Awesome.

  • @juancarlostealdo
    @juancarlostealdo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Darius for your wonderful explanation of Fondazione Prada reconstruction of colossal statues of the Roman Empire.

  • @Diddiwehy
    @Diddiwehy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job to all those who were involved with the Statue from the builders to the researchers 👏 Good work on the video too!

  • @marial8235
    @marial8235 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks Darius!!! So awesome that there is a will to reconstruct these wonderful treasures of antiquity. I hope that this inspires this company to redo the Colossus of Nero. Yes: he was a bad Emperor, but “art for art’s sake.”

    • @daveweiss5647
      @daveweiss5647 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree, we need as many reconstructions as possible.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thank you for watching! It would be fascinating

  • @R3TR0J4N
    @R3TR0J4N 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    one of the most creative ways of restoring when it comes to missing parts or limb in this puzzling piece. wow..
    appreciate the segment how they come to the conclusion of the reconstruction, i can't bare to imagine the sources they come to.

  • @dancinglatino3967
    @dancinglatino3967 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I missed it when I was visiting Milan in April this year! Thank you, Darius!

  • @kamion53
    @kamion53 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Are there any traces of paint found on the reamains of the original statue?
    Marble statues were painted in those days, so it would be good tp see this impressive statue in it's original paint.

  • @maddietighe5881
    @maddietighe5881 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating!

  • @Insectoid_
    @Insectoid_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    More of this!!!! Amazing!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! (Yes, weekly)

  • @roycem4945
    @roycem4945 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great info - and educated presentation :)

  • @DeneF
    @DeneF ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video and brilliant knowledge shared as always Darius. Many, many thanks. P.S. I lived in the old town of Rhodes on Rhodes Island, Greece for many years. Actually in the very area many experts think the most likely place the Colossus of Rhodes might have stood in antiquity.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for sharing! Yes, we are missing a LOT of the huge statues.

  • @wilsontheconqueror8101
    @wilsontheconqueror8101 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude! You just blew my mind! Did not know of this recreation! Awesome! Constantine was truly Great!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you liked it!

  • @daveowenmusic1749
    @daveowenmusic1749 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful presentation. Your knowledge, by listening to you, is immense about ancient civilizations. If I could live my life over, I would definitely follow in that direction. Thanks for the video!

  • @RlsIII-uz1kl
    @RlsIII-uz1kl 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think it's great to have these kinds of things recreated.

  • @johannesnicolaas
    @johannesnicolaas ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a historian I experience now almost a shiver of delight seeing this.

    • @johannesnicolaas
      @johannesnicolaas ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw those sad fragments in 1978 but could not see the total image. Now I can.

  • @TWOCOWS1
    @TWOCOWS1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hi Darius. Thanks for showing this. Fantastic. I have a question for you: his heavy marble arm holding the orb could not have stood in the air like that and unsupported. It must have rested on something, or it would have broken off. Can you elaborate, pls? Also, could it be that this was indeed Jupiter's statue from the Capitoline hill, brought down here and the head re-carved to the present the Christian emperor? The scale and details are way above and beyond

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes it could have had a strut support

    • @TWOCOWS1
      @TWOCOWS1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DariusArya Thanks, .How about my hypothesis that this is indeed Jupiter's statue from the Capitoline, but it got a new head when moved below and into the basilica of Maxenteus?

  • @ManuelMercado-g3h
    @ManuelMercado-g3h ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is another awesome video. I so want to go back to Italy so badly. Gracie mille.

  • @Z__K217
    @Z__K217 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sad to be lost among many. Thank you Darius. Encourages me to polish my Italian, to bring my children to see this an others.

  • @alexos8741
    @alexos8741 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Impressive, I saw the other video where you entered Trajan's column and it was incredible. I was wondering if you could go inside some of the remaining triumphal arches in the Roman forum and show what they look like on the inside...

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the future - I don’t have any recent footage at the moment

  • @edwardkornuszko4083
    @edwardkornuszko4083 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this post. Fascinating explanation.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @dirksawyer5667
    @dirksawyer5667 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent. Entertaining and informative as always.

  • @MAMRetro
    @MAMRetro ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is truly amazing! A great remembrance of an emperor, who legalized the Christian faith, influential until this very day.

    • @AnyoneCanSee
      @AnyoneCanSee ปีที่แล้ว

      The pain and suffering he unleashed on humanity with that is still being felt to this day. The Holocaust, was in living memory, 6 million Jews were killed by Christian Germans for not being Christians. Christians held back progress for centuries by keeping Europeans as illiterate peasants.
      He has a lot to answer for. Unleashing the most vile immoral religion on the world that could have died had Rome not made the state religion.
      Mine you the Old Testament is even more barbaric. The Abrahamic God himself is the worst creation in all fiction.

  • @benbridgwater6479
    @benbridgwater6479 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice video! Do you have a reference for the (renaissance?) sketch of the pieces, including the heads with little men standing behind them?

  • @martinstensby2011
    @martinstensby2011 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really, really interesting and fascinating!! Thanks a lot!😊

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @luluandmeow
    @luluandmeow ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating and well-researched, always quality content from Darius and excellent presentation, thank you, new subscriber!

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks and welcome

  • @Thunderpuddle
    @Thunderpuddle ปีที่แล้ว

    This is absolutely awesome

  • @sooryanarayan4148
    @sooryanarayan4148 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    such beauty was lost

  • @konstantinoschronopoulos5470
    @konstantinoschronopoulos5470 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cudos for explaining the artistic genealogy of the statue by mentioning the original Greek statue of Zeus by Phidias at Olympia!

  • @edgarsnake2857
    @edgarsnake2857 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great informative video. Thanks.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @AnyoneCanSee
    @AnyoneCanSee ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this video. Absolutely fantastic.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much!

  • @aaronobryan4295
    @aaronobryan4295 ปีที่แล้ว

    Breath taking

  • @joseserrano141
    @joseserrano141 ปีที่แล้ว

    Professor Thanks for the information Have a nice one Sir

  • @IDPYouTube
    @IDPYouTube ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video thank you. No explanation of the big square holes in the head? Perhaps for some sort of crown.

  • @marthaarya167
    @marthaarya167 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @AQ-jh7tk
    @AQ-jh7tk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a HUGE head on Constantine The Great in Berat, Albania. Him being Illyrian/Albanian is probably why he had it put in the 2,400 year old Castle/Citadel in Berat. Highly recommend seeing it in person, it’s about 2-2.5 people tall.

    • @megw7312
      @megw7312 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Constantine was a Briton (of Brutus, grgrandson of Aeneas of Troy, founder of Rome). Historically, these people had links to Albania also.

    • @megw7312
      @megw7312 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Constantine’s mother, the Empress Helen, is said to have been a Syrian innkeeper’s daughter.
      She was, indeed, of Syrian descent albeit via many generations. She was the power in her marriage, being a princess of Britain with no brothers to outrank her (Her ancestry included Brutus and Aeneas of Troy and intermarriage with the ‘Holy’ family - ergo, also of descent, from apostolic Christianity. (Never ‘no room at the inn’). She is also said to have been a stablemaid: and, surely, she would also have taken close interest in the welfare of her horses as, doubtless, they would have been the finest in the empire.

  • @jasatx2024
    @jasatx2024 ปีที่แล้ว

    Majestic and impressive. 👏

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much!

  • @tonyandrade8131
    @tonyandrade8131 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there a reason why the inside of his iris has two different shapes? The left looks like a creasent moon and the other a clover almost? Just curious.

  • @haroldmclean3755
    @haroldmclean3755 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting Stuff, Kudos 👍

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @wizzardofpaws2420
    @wizzardofpaws2420 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW! This is amazing.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you- happy to share!

  • @Lexthebarbarian
    @Lexthebarbarian ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why was it torn down in the first place or did it decay by itself?

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Would have been ransacked for metal parts

  • @richardsmith579
    @richardsmith579 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Astonishing. I just wish that they could have rebuilt the basilica of Maxentius to display it. Also, dare I say, I think it was more magnificent originally.

  • @dashinvaine
    @dashinvaine 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think looking at the colossal head that survives that it would have had some sort of crown, or headdress, originally. You can see how it is chipped away above the forehead as if to fit under something. Could have been a hood or veil, as in statues of emperors in priestly mode.

  • @holyfreak8
    @holyfreak8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing and interesting that it was decided to make a replica of the statue, will that be a trend for ancient monuments from now on?

  • @FoxgeraldMUSIC
    @FoxgeraldMUSIC 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That replica looks so wonderful
    I do believe, however, that it was probably a full-color statue, like most, if not all statues back then

  • @brober
    @brober ปีที่แล้ว

    Magnifico! It should be returned to the Basilica of Maxentius in Roma. What is the square cut out in the left temple of Constantine's head for?

  • @wirelessbluestone5983
    @wirelessbluestone5983 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing to see it in scale but I’m wondering how the colossal statue would’ve been coloured

  • @oxtristynxo583
    @oxtristynxo583 ปีที่แล้ว

    love this

  • @paoloviti6156
    @paoloviti6156 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting video 👍! I really didn't know where this colossal statue was located at the Basilica of Maxentius. I'm surprised that the statue was not full white marble and quality of the head had little to do with previous very high quality of previous statues! Good job as always 👏 👍

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @magicLakeComo
    @magicLakeComo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Now u can admire It live. In Villa Cafffarelli next to Campidoglio (Capitol Hill / Town hall)

  • @alm9368
    @alm9368 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impressive.

  • @virginiastanley8178
    @virginiastanley8178 ปีที่แล้ว

    So where is the hand pointing upward?

  • @jelsner5077
    @jelsner5077 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How cool is this? I wonder if the marble was painted in realistic skin tones, which seems to have been common in ancient Roman times?

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, statuary was usually painted (at least hair, eyes)

  • @hangman960
    @hangman960 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there anything left of the colossus from from near the coliseum ? or was it just melted down?

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      Just the base remains. The outline that preserves it - visible today- is modern.

  • @johnforguites4800
    @johnforguites4800 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I assume that these would have been colored rather than bare marble...that fits with the use of fabric that you mention.

  • @ray24051
    @ray24051 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's just mind-boggling that they made statues like these without any kind of modern equipment and only pretty much hand tools.

  • @DavidMcFarner
    @DavidMcFarner ปีที่แล้ว

    FANTASTIC!!
    What a wonderful morning I’m having… if you are reading this, I hope you are also having a
    Bonjourno! 😁

  • @jan-toreegge9252
    @jan-toreegge9252 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's really interesting, but I'm a little confused. Did the "Recycling Beauty" exhibition last only until the end of February? What did they do to Constantine after that?

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Supposed to be heading to Rome!

  • @jg90049
    @jg90049 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What are those square holes on the sides of the head?

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Part of recarving the head - and/ or attachment of crown (possibly)

  • @arno-luyendijk4798
    @arno-luyendijk4798 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good! To speak in vein of classic sculpures: when will the finishing, i.e. complete painting begin? For from what we have proof of now, the 'marble classicness' is just what it has been debunked for: a myth.

  • @bb1111116
    @bb1111116 ปีที่แล้ว

    I tried to find where the reconstructed statue is now and was unsuccessful. It seems to no longer be on display after the Milan exhibit closed on Feb. 27, 2023.

  • @scottduke2809
    @scottduke2809 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    is the robe original?

  • @kimblecheat
    @kimblecheat ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!

  • @hangman960
    @hangman960 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow imagine how heavy it must of weighed

  • @ziggypop79
    @ziggypop79 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. I have only seen then bronze version up close as when I visited in 2013 the statue wasn’t available to view

  • @sethleoric2598
    @sethleoric2598 ปีที่แล้ว

    Constantine looks like Joaquin Pheonix in Gladiator ngl.

  • @ORSOBIANCO11
    @ORSOBIANCO11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good morning Darius and congrats for your videos. Within your list of colossus I would include the colossus of Barletta, representing a Roman emperor and still there as new.
    it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosso_di_Barletta

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha you are so right - filmed it - and will dedicate a video to it. It is amazing!!

  • @simoneteritti1120
    @simoneteritti1120 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dovrebbero portarla nella Basilica di Massenzio

    • @katerinamakedoniaGreece
      @katerinamakedoniaGreece ปีที่แล้ว

      Maby in Greece because he built Orthodoxs world and first ecumenical "empire " that was Christians and democrats during hole EU were living in dark ages and medieval ages

  • @jg90049
    @jg90049 ปีที่แล้ว

    When was the statue destroyed and by whom?

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Million dollar question!

    • @starkillerdude1914
      @starkillerdude1914 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My best guess, it likely fell during an earthquake and was later looted by Italians for the bronze and limestone until it was discovered in the 1400s

  • @cerracarmine
    @cerracarmine ปีที่แล้ว

    This is cool

  • @alanCalhoun2
    @alanCalhoun2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Home Made Reliquary for Constantine the Great? Unusual Peacock statue that is in the vision owned by Faustina? This is some funny ideas of Ancient Roman stuff. How many could figure these out? Fantasy Pieces?

  • @edwardmiessner6502
    @edwardmiessner6502 ปีที่แล้ว

    We are fortunate that Constantine didn't decide to have this statue of him sculpted with the excessive endowment of Priapus! 😱

  • @rodolforivademar505
    @rodolforivademar505 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maravilloso

  • @makigott19
    @makigott19 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can anyone explain why there are square pegs on the side temples of the collosal statue??? Was it meant for a headpiece perhaps a laurel wreath???

  • @Breakfast_of_Champions
    @Breakfast_of_Champions ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder if this is the actual first imperial orb in Constatine's left hand? Seems like the birth of this particular symbol.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      It was around centuries before him

    • @Breakfast_of_Champions
      @Breakfast_of_Champions ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DariusAryaHm, I only found discussion about the HRE imperial orb, as well as ancient globes, not as this particular symbol .

  • @3589546
    @3589546 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @PhD777
    @PhD777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would be nice if they'd put a laurel wreath or sun rays on his head (note the notches on the sides of the head).

  • @demirdemirbag3194
    @demirdemirbag3194 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Phototelegrammatry" what a fancy name for a basic easy job....

  • @abacus749
    @abacus749 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think that this statue might have been standing in a more imperial pose, like Michaelangelo's David. The head and extended hand are too large in scale (in my opinion) for a seated statue.

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  ปีที่แล้ว

      The accurate study was actually pretty convincing

  • @susanpower-q5q
    @susanpower-q5q ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful as 2025 /325 AD will be
    Upto 40 feet high very symbolic number 4 equals whole world ruler
    but how do you know Constantine was seated and not standing as similar statue of Valentinian I
    who is standing and holding orb in one hand ?

  • @itsfree2payattention465
    @itsfree2payattention465 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why does Constantine look exactly like Sylvester😮

  • @Sevenigma777
    @Sevenigma777 ปีที่แล้ว

    For all you Christians out there if you ever wondered something about your religion and why it was this is the man who created the Council of Nicea where they created most of modern Christianity as we know it today.
    They chose all the dogmas, the emphasis of the Holy Trinity, changing day of worship to Sunday, what books would be in the Bible as they were hundreds around at that time, what symbols would be used, the hierarchy of priests and cardinals and they even voted whether Jesus would be worshipped as a literal God or not as in some early Christian circles he was still just a man or holy prophet.

    • @megw7312
      @megw7312 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Constantine was a Briton (of holy family/apostolic descent). However, he was outvoted at the Council of Nicaea - the bishops of Britain having walked out prior to the vote.

  • @user-bc4kt6nc1p
    @user-bc4kt6nc1p 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Isn’t this now in Rome on the Capitoline Hill in 2024? Or is this only temporarily?

    • @DariusArya
      @DariusArya  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      New video on it dropping this month!

  • @gert-janvanderkamp3508
    @gert-janvanderkamp3508 ปีที่แล้ว

    The hand looks off.. in the versions I have seen his right finger is more extended than here.. Or is this a different one?

  • @CaptainGrimes1
    @CaptainGrimes1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine originally it was painted to look more lifelike