(Q763854)

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Obelisk of Theodosius

Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today as At Meydanı or Sultanahmet Meydanı, in the modern city of Istanbul, Turkey) by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD

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15. century BCE
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Dikilitaş (Turkish)
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41°0'21.8"N, 28°58'31.4"E
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DIFFICILIS QVONDAM DOMINIS PARERE SERENISIVSSVS ET EXTINCTIS PALMAM PORTARE TYRANNISOMNIA THEODOSIO CEDVNT SVBOLIQVE PERENNITER DENIS SIC VICTVS EGO DOMITVSQVE DIEBVSIVDICE SVB PROCLO SVPERAS ELATVS AD AVRAS (Latin)
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KIONA TETPAΠΛEYPON AEI XΘONI KEIMENON AXΘOCMOYNOC ANACTHCAI ΘEYΔOCIOC BACIΛEYCTOΛMHCAC ΠPOKΛOC EΠEKEKΛETO KAI TOCOC ECTHKIΩN HEΛIOIC EN TPIAKONTA ΔYO (Greek)
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Obelisk of Theodosius
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