Column of Phocas

Column of Phocas
The Column of Phocas, against the backdrop of the Arch of Septimius Severus
Column of Phocas
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Coordinates41°53′33″N 12°29′05″E / 41.8925°N 12.4847°E / 41.8925; 12.4847

The Column of Phocas (Italian: Colonna di Foca) is a Roman monumental column in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy, built when Rome was part of the Eastern Roman Empire after its reconquest from the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths.

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