The Arch of Constantine is a 21 m high and 25.6 m wide rectangular monument erected in Rome in 315 CE to commemorate Roman Emperor Constantine’s victory over Maxentius in 312 CE at the battle of Milvian Bridge in Rome. The Roman Senate made a special decree to build a triumphal arch in the center of Rome there by upholding a long standing custom of commemorating and celebrating Roman military victories. The arch is the longest surviving and largest standing Roman triumphal arch and the most flamboyant in its use of colored stone and decorated arches. The block above the monument’s arches has Latin inscriptions with phrases such as “to the emperor Flavius Constantine the Great pious and fortunate…”. These inscriptions are a common sight on
