Chabinas Bridge

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Coordinates: 37 ° 55 ′ 58 ″  N , 38 ° 36 ′ 31 ″  E

Chabinas Bridge
(Cendere Bridge)
(Septimius Severus Bridge)
Chabinas Bridge (Cendere Bridge) (Septimius Severus Bridge)
Convicted Roman road Samosata - Melitene
Crossing of Chabinas ( Cendere Çayı )
place Near Eski Kâhta, Adiyaman Province ( Turkey )
construction Arch bridge with vaulted vaults
overall length 123 m
width 7.56-8.20 m
Number of openings 2 (including flood passage)
Clear width 34.20 m
Arrow height 17.10 m
construction time Period of Septimius Severus (193–211 AD)
location
Chabinas Bridge (Turkey)
Chabinas Bridge

The Chabinas Bridge , Cendere Bridge ( Turkish : Cendere Köprüsü ) or Septimius Severus Bridge is an ancient bridge near Eski Kâhta ( Adıyaman Province ) in southeastern Turkey . The single arch bridge over the Chabinas ( Cendere Çayı ) built under Emperor Septimius Severus (193–211 AD ) has a clear width of 34.20 m, one of the largest arched openings among all surviving Roman bridges.

Emergence

The bridge was built towards the end of the second century by the Legio XVI Flavia company stationed in Samosata under the command of Lucius Marius Perpetuus, when the corresponding marching and supply routes were to be put in order on the imperial orders due to planned extensive military operations against the Parthians . The Latin building inscription indicates that an existing bridge was replaced a soli (“from scratch”). Due to a lack of time, the stone material for the construction was taken in large quantities from the nearby commagenic Hierothesion on Karakuş and transported here.

Of the original four pillars that stood on either side of the bridge entrances, three still exist. The two on the south-western side bear Latin inscriptions of honor from the emperor and his wife Julia Domna . On the opposite side there is only the column with the inscription for Caracalla , the son and later successor of Severus. The fourth column, which was probably assigned to his brother Geta , was probably demolished in 212 after his damnatio memoriae .

In 1998 the bridge was renovated and approved for vehicles up to 5 tons; at the same time a new bridge for heavy goods traffic was built about 500 m east. The building is now closed to traffic.

See also

literature

  • Colin O'Connor: Roman Bridges. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1993, ISBN 0-521-39326-4 , pp. 127-129 (No. E36).
  • Vittorio Galliazzo: I ponti romani. Volume 2: Catalogo generale. Edizioni Canova, Treviso 1994, ISBN 88-85066-66-6 , pp. 390-394 (No. 824).
  • Friedrich Karl Dörner : The throne of the gods on the Nemrud Dağ. 2nd expanded edition. Gustav Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1987, ISBN 3-7857-0277-9 .
  • Michael Blömer, Engelbert Winter : Commagene. The Land of Gods Between the Taurus and the Euphrates. An Archaeological Guide (= Homer Archaeological Guides. Volume 11). Homer Kitabevi, Istanbul 2011, ISBN 978-9944-483-35-3 , pp. 91-95.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ O'Connor (1993), p. 127
  2. ↑ a b Dörner, p. 57f.
  3. ↑ CIL III, 06709 and CIL III, 06710

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