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Ggia, Detail of the Column of Marcian, Wikimedia Commons, 2011

A close up view of the base of the Column of Marcian.

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Bollweevil, The Column of Constantine, Wikimedia Commons, August 4th 2013

The Cemberlitas neighborhood in Istanbul with a view of a gift shop.

Bjorn Erik Pederson, The Column of the Goths, May 12th 2017

A 3rd century triumphal column celebrating victory over the Goths.

The Constantinopolitan Hippodrome, George Eastman Museum, Wikimedia Commons, 1854

A photograph of the Hippodrome in Istanbul from the mid 19th century.

Cornell University Library, The Column of Constantine, Wikimedia Commons, January 1st 1865

A 19th century photograph of the Column of Constantine.

Hatem Moushir, The Column of Diocletian, Wikimedia Commons, September 2017

The Serapeum in Alexandria with a view of the Column of Diocletian

Living Late Antiquity team, A porticoed street in Jerusalem, 2009

The colonnade and street paving seen here date to the sixth century CE, when Jerusalem was still controlled by the Roman Empire.

Ggia, The Column of Marcian, Wikimedia Commons, December 24th 2011

The Column of Marcian as it stands on a main thoroughfare in Istanbul today.

Sandstein, The Column of Constantine, Wikimedia Commons, July 11th 2010

The Column of Constantine as it stands today in the Cemberlitas neighborhood in Istanbul.

Miguel Hermoso, Base of the Column of Antoninus Pius in Rome, Wikimedia Commons, May 18th 2011