Back Константинов мост Bulgarian Pont de Constantí el Gran Catalan پل کنستانتین (دانوب) Persian Pont de Constantin le Grand French גשר קונסטנטין הגדול HE Ponte di Costantino (Danubio) Italian Константинов мост (Дунав) Macedonian Ponte de Constantino Portuguese Podul lui Constantin cel Mare Romanian Мост Константина Russian
Constantine's Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 43°45′49″N 24°27′25″E / 43.76361°N 24.45694°E |
| Crosses | Danube |
| Locale | Between Sucidava (present-day Corabia, Romania) and Oescus (modern Gigen, Bulgaria) |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 2,437 m (7,995 ft) |
| Width | 5.7 m (19 ft) |
| Height | 10 m (33 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction end | 0328 |
| Opened | 5 July 328 AD[1][2][3] |
| Closed | mid-4th century |
| Location | |
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Constantine's Bridge (Latin: Pons per Danuvium Ductus,[4] Bulgarian: Константинов мост, Konstantinov most; Romanian: Podul lui Constantin cel Mare) was a Roman bridge over the Danube used to reconquer Dacia. It was completed in 328 AD and remained in use for four decades.[5]
It was officially opened on 5 July 328 AD in the presence of emperor Constantine the Great.[2] With an overall length of 2,434 metres (7,986 ft), 1,137 metres (3,730 ft) of which spanned the Danube's riverbed,[6] Constantine's Bridge is considered the longest ancient river bridge and one of the longest of all time.[7]
- ^ "Podul lui Constantin; County: Olt; Site: Sucidava - Celei;". Cimec.ro. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ a b Madgearu 2013, p. 311.
- ^ Opriș, Ioan Carol; Speriatu, Vicentiu S.; Călina, Vlad-Nicolae (2022). Pons per Danuvium ductus. Date noi despre podul lui Constantin cel Mare dintre Oescus și Sucidava.
- ^ The bridge was first mentioned by Sextus Aurelius Victor (c. 320 – c. 390), in Liber de Caesaribus, 41.18, who writes the following: "Pons per Danuvium ductus; castra castellaque pluribus locis commode posita" (A bridge was constructed over the Danube; forts and fortlets were built in numerous proper places) Opriș, Ioan Carol; Speriatu, Vicentiu S.; Călina, Vlad-Nicolae (2022). Pons per Danuvium ductus. Date noi despre podul lui Constantin cel Mare dintre Oescus și Sucidava.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ponticawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Both figures from: Tudor 1974, p. 139; Galliazzo 1994, p. 319
- ^ Galliazzo 1994, p. 319