Column of Leo

The Column of Leo was a 5th-century AD Roman honorific column in Constantinople. Built for Leo I, augustus of the East from 7 February 457 to 18 January 474, the column stood in the Forum of Leo, known also as the Pittakia. It was a marble column, without flutes, composed of drums with a Corinthian capital, surmounted by a statue of the emperor.

Column of Leo

The Column of Leo was a 5th-century AD Roman honorific column in Constantinople. Built for Leo I, augustus of the East from 7 February 457 to 18 January 474, the column stood in the Forum of Leo, known also as the Pittakia. It was a marble column, without flutes, composed of drums with a Corinthian capital, surmounted by a statue of the emperor.