Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, XI, 28–34 Archaeological evidence, such as the Serpent Column, also supports some of Herodotus's specific claims.

Constantine the Great moved the Serpent Column to Constantinople to decorate the spina (central line) of the Hippodrome of Constantinople, where it still stands today.

"The Serpent Column of Delphi in Constantinople: Placement, Purposes, and Mutilations," Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 16 (1992): 111-45.

Today, only the obelisks and the Serpent Column stand where for centuries the spectators gathered.

Archaeological evidence, such as the Serpent Column, also supports some of Herodotus's specific claims.

Archaeological evidence, such as the Serpent Column (now in the Hippodrome of Istanbul), also supports some of Herodotus' specific claims.

The hippodrome was filled with statues of gods, emperors and heroes, among them some famous works, such as a Heracles by Lysippos, Romulus and Remus with their wolf and the Serpent Column of the Plataean tripod.

Among these was the Tripod of Plataea, now known as the Serpent Column, cast to celebrate the victory of the Greeks over the Persians during the Persian Wars in the 5th century BC.

The Greek victory at Plataea is commemorated by the so-called Serpent Column erected at Delphi.