Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Arch of Titus
Image View:
Triumph of Titus, soldiers in procession
Creator:
unknown (Ancient Roman)
Location:
site: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Location Note:
Forum Romanum
GPS:
41.890717 12.488585
Date:
81 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
triumphal arch (memorial arch)
Work Type 2:
relief (sculpture)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
marble; pentelic marble
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Measurements:
15.4 x 13.5 m (length)
Inscription:
SENATVS POPVLVSQVE·ROMANVS DIVO·TITO·DIVI·VESPA SIANI·VESPASIANI·F(I LIO) VESPASIANO·AVGVSTO [The Senate and People of Rome (dedicate this) to the divine Titus Vespasianus Augustus, son of the divine Vespasian]
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; military; war; rulers and leaders; Jews--History--Rebel lion, 66-73; Roman Empire; Titus, Emperor of Rome, 40-81 ; capture and sack of Jerusalem; Jewish-Roman War, 66-73
Description:
The classic example of the single-aperture arch is the monumental Arch of Titus in the Forum Romanum. Relief panels in the passageways depict the triumph of Titus (Triumph of Titus and Spoils of Jerusalem), and a rectangular panel in the soffit of the arch shows his apotheosis. (The arch was built by the emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus.) The Arch of Titus seems to have inspired the similar but more richly decorated Arch of Trajan (AD 114) at Benevento. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Image Description:
This relief is titled the Triumph of Titus and the panel is 2.39 m high.
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A3-R-R-AT-G15
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Arch of Titus