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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 5242996, member: 87200&quot;]I agree [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] and [USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER]. In my travels I&#039;ve learned to appreciate from a close-up perspective (not through photos or stuff on the web) just how impressive many monuments are and the ingenuity to conceive, source the materials, transport, and construct them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even in the 4th century and in relative decline supposedly, the Romans managed to move two giant obelisks from Upper Egypt to Alexandria during the reign of Constantius II - one was shipped to Rome (somehow) and the other sat in Alexandria until 390 A.D. when Theodosius ordered it to be shipped to Constantinople where it was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_of_Theodosius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_of_Theodosius" rel="nofollow">erected in the Hippodrome</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Istanbul.Hippodrome010.jpg/800px-Istanbul.Hippodrome010.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The obelisk sits on a base depicting Theodosius and his retinue. The placard at the site says that Theodosius was the last Roman emperor, for some reason. After visiting I emailed the Turkish antiquities authorities and suggested that they update the placard to make it more accurate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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