Tetrarchs, Venice                                                                    Head of Constantine, Rome

This statue of the four Tetrarchs emphasizes their roles as united, powerful rulers rather than their individual characteristics. In contrast, Constantine’s head incorporates personal facial features into the pattern of the idealized ruler. These differences are appropriate to the types of rule, since the concept behind the tetrarchy was a solidarity which Constantine destroyed in his civil war to control all Roman territory under his single leadership.