Column of Leo

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The Column of Leo was a 5th-century AD Roman honorific column in Constantinople. Built for Leo I, Augustus of the East from 7 February 457 to 18 January 474, the column stood in the Forum of Leo, known also as the Pittakia. It was a marble column, without flutes, composed of drums with a Corinthian capital, surmounted by a statue of the emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: 457-474 AD (reign of Leo I)

Source: en.wikipedia.org