Quadrifrons

The Arch of Janus in Rome, built in a quadrifrons configuration.

Quadrifrons is a Latin word meaning four-fronted or four-faced, and may refer to:

In architecture, the Latin term for a tetrapylon
An aspect of the Roman god Janus.
in scientific classification, for example Eremias quadrifons.

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