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Italiano: I tetrarchi (dal greco "quattro regnanti") furono i quattro co-regnanti che governarono l'impero romano durante la riforma di
Diocleziano. Qui sono ritratti mentre si abbracciano, in segno di concordia e armonia, in una scultura in
porfido del IV secolo d.C., di provenienza orientale, oggi a
Venezia sull'angolo di
San Marco, accanto alla "
Porta della Carta".
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Italiano: The tetrarchs (from the Greek words for "Four rules") were the four co-rulers that governed the Roman Empire as long as
Diocletian's reform lasted. Here they were portraied embracing, in sign of harmony, in a
porphyry sculpture dating from the 4th century, produced in Asia Minor, today on a corner of
Saint Mark's in
Venice, next to the "
Porta della Carta".
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