"Excellent Offerings": The Lausos Collection in Constantinople.
From: The Art Bulletin
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Date: 3/1/2000
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Author: Bassett, Sarah Guberti
In 324 C.E., the emperor Constantine the Great (r. 324-37) founded the city of Constantinople as a new imperial capital on the site of the old Greco-Roman town of Byzantium. In so doing he undertook one of the greatest projects of urban renewal the ancient world had ever known. City limits were drawn, and an armature of colonnaded streets strung with rich palaces and monumental public gathering places was imposed upon Byzantium's extant plan. To complete this project, the emperor ...
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