Arch of Septimius Severus

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• Forum Romanum (Rome, Italy)

  The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum) was the political and economical centre of Rome during the Republic. It emerged as such in the 7th century BCE and maintained this position well into the Imperial period, when it was reduced to a monumental area. It was mostly abandoned at the end of the 4th century … [Read more]

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• Arch of Septimius Severus (Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy)

  The Arch of Septimius Severus (Arcus Septimii Severi) is a triumphal arch, erected in 203 CE to celebrate the victories of emperor Septimius Severus and his sons Caracalla and Geta in the wars against the Parthians and the Osroeni in 195 CE and 197 CE. It is located in the Forum Romanum between the Curia and the Rostra. It spans the Via Sacra on the route of the triumphal processions just before the ascent of the Capitoline Hill towards the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus … [Read more]

• Clivus Capitolinus (Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy)

  The Clivus Capitolinus was the road that connected the Forum Romanum with the Capitoline Hill. It started in the SW. corner of the main square of the Forum, turned right before the Temple of Saturn and then left around it, passing in front of the Temple of Vespasian and Titus and the Portico of the Dei Consentes, before climbing the hill towards the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus … [Read more]

• Temple of Vespasian and Titus (Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy)

  The Temple of Vespasian and Titus (Templum Vespasiani et Titi) was built after the death of Vespasian in 79 CE, and dedicated to both Vespasian and Titus after the death of the latter just two years after. It is situated between the Temple of Concord and the Portico of the Dei Consentes, on the Clivus Capitolinus behind the Temple of Saturn … [Read more]

Copyright © 2002 René Seindal, taken 2002-09-04 17:49:19