Column of Phoca

The Column of Phocas is a Roman monumental column in the of , Italy, built when Rome was part of the Eastern Roman Empire after its reconquest from the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: Roman monumental column in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy
  • Also known as: “Column of Phocas”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basilica Julia and Temple of Caesar.

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The was a civil basilica in the . Construction began under Julius Caesar in 46 BCE and was completed by Augustus, who ultimately dedicated the basilica to Gaius and Lucius Caesar in 12 CE.

Archaeological site
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The or Temple of Divus Iulius, also known as Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar, delubrum, heroon or Temple of the Comet Star, was an ancient structure in the of , , located near the and the . is situated 100 metres southeast of Column of Phoca.

Monument
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The at the northwestern end of the is a white marble triumphal arch dedicated in 203 AD to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, in the two campaigns against the Parthians of 194-195 and 197–199.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.

Locality
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The Capitolium or , between the and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.

Locality
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The , which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Column of Phoca

Latitude
41.89245° or 41° 53′ 33″ north
Longitude
12.48485° or 12° 29′ 6″ east
Open location code
8FHJVFRM+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 131451776
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q369075
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Column of Phoca” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عمود فوقاس”
  • Aragonese: “Columna de Focas”
  • Armenian: “Ֆոկայի սյուն”
  • Asturian: “Columna de Focas”
  • Basque: “Fokasen Zutabea”
  • Belarusian: “Калона Фокі”
  • Breton: “Kolonenn Phokas”
  • Bulgarian: “Колона на Фока”
  • Catalan: “Columna de Focas”
  • Chinese: “佛卡斯圓柱”
  • Czech: “Fokasův sloup”
  • Czech: “Fokův sloup”
  • Danish: “Fokas-søjlen”
  • Dutch: “Zuil van Phocas”
  • Finnish: “Fokaan pylväs”
  • Finnish: “Fokaksen pylväs”
  • French: “colonne de Phocas”
  • French: “Colonne de Phocas”
  • Georgian: “ფოკასის სვეტი”
  • German: “Phokas-Säule”
  • German: “Phokassäule”
  • Greek: “Στήλη του Φωκά”
  • Hebrew: “עמוד פוקאס”
  • Hungarian: “Phocas oszlopa”
  • Hungarian: “Phókasz oszlopa”
  • Italian: “Colonna di Foca”
  • Japanese: “フォカスの記念柱”
  • Latin: “Columna Phocae”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fokassøylen”
  • Norwegian: “Fokassøylen”
  • Polish: “Kolumna Fokasa”
  • Portuguese: “Coluna de Focas”
  • Russian: “Колонна Фоки”
  • Sicilian: “Culonna di Foca”
  • Slovenian: “Fokov steber”
  • Spanish: “Columna de Focas”
  • Swedish: “Fokaskolonnen”
  • Turkish: “Fokas Sütunu”
  • Turkish: “Phocas Sütunu”
  • Ukrainian: “Колона Фоки”
  • Wu Chinese: “佛卡斯圆柱”

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