Arch of Galerius
Roman triumphal arch of brick and carved marble celebrating an emperor's victory over Persia.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Arch of Galerius in Thessaloniki follows one man, the Roman co-emperor Galerius, from a road outside Antioch in the late two hundreds to the marble he paid for here. It touches Diocletian, the senior emperor he answered to, and the Persian king Narseh who beat him, and it asks how much of a triumphal monument is history and how much is self-portrait. Best heard standing beside the two central pillars that still keep their carved panels.
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