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I recently found out about this sad column repurposed in 608 AD as an honor to the Eastern Roman Emperor, Phocas. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_of_Pho

I recently found out about this sad column repurposed in 608 AD as an honor to the Eastern Roman Emperor, Phocas. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_of_Phocas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_of_Phocas The city had been sacked multiple times at that point and I suppose it was the best they could do.

atdrummond 5y ago
What’s crazy there is that by the mid-1800s, sketches would only show a portion of the column due to the rise in ground level over the intermediate period.