Salonica - Arch of Galerius Apsída Galeríou (Kamára)

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The four central piers originally supported a dome. Two of the surviving piers, linked by an arch, have a marble facing decorated with four bands of reliefs separated by garlands. The reliefs, depicting scenes from the Emperor's Persian, Mesopotamian and Armenian campaigns (292-311), are among the finest of the kind (note particularly the lively scenes on the south pier). Although badly weathered, these reliefs, both in the individual figures and the grouping, retain much more of their original vigour than the almost contemporary reliefs on the Arch of Constantine in Rome (A.D. 315).