Quiz

[D B Campbell]

Mountains look like Antiochia Pisidia... ?

Well done, Nathan! You'd got it before I even saw the photo! :woot:

- if the location's right, it could be inscription AE 1967, 00495

Just on a point of information, it certainly seems to be part of AE 1967, 495 ...
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... although (according to AE 1999,1611) that fragment is supposedly now lost.
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Very confusing!

[D B Campbell]

Where is it, and what (supposedly) did it use to be?

It looks like a Roman principia, with the gates of the basilica bricked up. I don't think I've ever seen such a thing. We're probably going to need a clue. :dizzy:

[Jona Lendering]

We're probably going to need a clue. :dizzy:

Yup.

[Nathan Ross]

OK then!

Only the central part of the structure is Roman, and it's been much altered. The two-storey wing on the left has been demolished since the photo was taken.

But it's in Italy, close to the site of a very famous battle...

Enough clues yet? ;-)

[D B Campbell]

Enough clues yet? ;-)

Is the (illegible) writing along the top significant? Or would that give the game away?

[Nathan Ross]

Is the (illegible) writing along the top significant? Or would that give the game away?

Erm, no - unless you can somehow make it legible and it tells you the location! (I actually didn't notice it myself...)

Today's clues:

The original Roman structure was not a house, nor was it intended for accommodation...

The nearby battle was of great importance in world history...

[Nathan Ross]

Still no ideas? :whistle:

OK, here's what the structure looks like today:

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And another clue - it's on a major road, close to Rome...

[Jona Lendering]

That must refer to the VIa Flaminia and the battle of the Milvian Bridge, 1700 years ago when you posted that. Still, no clue about that building... :-?

[Jona Lendering]

MALBORGHETTO!!!

[Nathan Ross]

MALBORGHETTO!!!

Yes! Well done Jona. :-)

This is indeed the remains of the Arch of Malborghetto, a quadrifrons arch on the Via Flaminia, at the thirteenth milestone north of Rome, dating from the early 4th century. In the middle ages it was converted into a church and later a fortified farmhouse. Nowadays it houses a small museum and a park with Roman finds from the vicinity.



The arch possibly commemorated the site of Constantine's last encampment before the battle of Milvian Bridge. Later Church history suggested that this was the place where he saw his vision/had his dream (depending on the version you favour) instructing him to adopt the chi-rho emblem.

Others have suggested, more prosaically, that the arch marked the boundary of the jurisdiction of the urban magistrates under the tetrarchy...

Anyway - over to you, Jona!

[D B Campbell]

MALBORGHETTO!!!

Hallelujah! I could see that it's a tetrapylon, but I've never even heard of Malborghetto. :dizzy: Well done, Jona.

[Jona Lendering]

I now remember, I used to be often in that part of Rome; there's a camping site at Due Ponti. My girlfriend and I once walked from Malborghetto to the Milvian Bridge and beyond, and I told her everything I knew about the Roman emperors. Those were the days.

The new question will not be too difficult.

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[Vindex]

... but I've never even heard of Malborghetto. :dizzy: Well done, Jona.

Makes me feel better then... :wink:

[Jona Lendering]

Hey, I thought this one was pretty simple. So let me add that it's in a city north of the Alps.

[D B Campbell]

Hey, I thought this one was pretty simple.

Looks a bit like Autun (Augustodunum)?